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Posted on June 13, 2008

From the Raleigh N&O (Pall over the triangle): A thick haze of smoke from wildfires in the state's rural east willcontinue to blanket the Triangle today, causing dangerous levels of airpollution.State air quality officials on Thursday recorded thehighest levels of so-called fine-particle pollution ever seen inRaleigh. They predicted Code Red conditions today as well.Weather forecasters say smoke could keep Triangle residents sequestered in their homes for much of Saturday, too.Here is a link to our previous pic of the day, a satellite image of the wildfires (located about 150-200 miles east of...

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