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Hazardous air quality, wildfire smoke impacting Camas-Washougal area

City of Camas closes curbside pickups at library on Friday; weather forecasters say air quality should improve early next week

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A sign shows the normal view of Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge from Washougal Waterfront Park. On Friday, Sept. 11, that view was covered by a thick layer of smoke from wildfires burning in Oregon and California. The smoke has severely impacted air quality in Camas-Washougal. On Friday, air quality throughout Clark County was in the hazardous zone. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Air quality throughout the Camas-Washougal area has plummeted into the “hazardous” zone due to multiple wildfires burning in Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon. 

As of 9 a.m. this morning, the official Air Quality Index for Camas-Washougal was at a 311, in the hazardous range, the most severe on the air quality index. 

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