Another Winter Spare the Air alert banning wood-burning has been issued for the Bay Area for Wednesday. It is the eighth time the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued such an alert this winter season. The 24-hour wood-burning ban is enacted when unhealthy air pollution levels are expected. The alert prohibits residents and businesses from using fireplaces, wood stoves, pellet stoves, outdoor fire pits or other wood-burning devices. For more information about whether an alert has been issued, Bay Area residents can visit www.sparetheair.org or call the toll-free hotline at (877) 4-NO-BURN.

— Bay City News Service

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