Hazardous air quality in Spokane

Tuesday morning air quality levels remain hazardous in Spokane region.

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Tue., Sept. 5, 2017

"I can stay indoors or I can wear a mask," said Bill Leong as he took his daily walk around a smoke filled Spokane on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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The smokey sun shines over a sunflower at Wheeler's Farm Market in Spokane Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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A construction worker overlooks a smokey job site in downtown Spokane on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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A skate boarder crosses Monroe Street through a smoke filled Spokane on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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"I've had a headache for two days now," said Debbie Sims as she walked through a smokey downtown Spokane on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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UPS driver James Smit wears a camo bandana while delivering packages on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at Rosauers in Nine Mile Falls, Wash. "I pull it down when I come to the door," he said with a laugh.

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UPS driver James Smit wears a camo bandana while delivering packages on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at Rosauers in Nine Mile Falls, Wash. "I pull it down when I come to the door," he said with a laugh. Tyler Tjomsland/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Kenyon Pitts ignores heavy smoke to cast his line for Redband Trout Trout on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Wash.

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Kenyon Pitts ignores heavy smoke to cast his line for redband trout on Tuesday at Riverside State Park.

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Kenyon Pitts ignores heavy smoke as he looks for a spot to cast his line for Redband Trout on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Wash.

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Smoke chokes the hills near Palisades Park on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. Tyler Tjomsland/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Wind spinners sit as idle as a moored ski-boat on Long Lake, seen choked with smoke on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, near Tum Tum, Wash.

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The view south down Long Lake is seen choked with smoke on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, near Tum Tum, Wash.

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From left: Sebastian O'Donley, Arcadia Sherman, Edward Gausin, and Jermaine Carlton, work on a STEM activity during an indoor recess on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at Logan Elementary in Spokane, Wash.

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Prapti Tamang, right, a Logan Elementary fifth-grader works on a STEM activity during an indoor recess on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at Logan Elementary in Spokane, Wash.

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An old farming implement, on the property of John Scarcello, sits next to a field covered by smoke, Sept. 5, 2017, on Baltimore Road in Spokane, Wash.

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Walkers along the Centennial Trail in Kendall Yards brave the heavy smoke settled over downtown Spokane, Wash, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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Golfers hit their shots along a smokey fairway, Sept. 5, 2017, at Hangman Valley Golf Course.

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John Scarcello looks to re-mail a letter sent to his box on a smokey Baltimore Road near Palouse Highway, Sept, 5, 2017. It (the smoke) doesnt bother me says Scarcello.

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The view down 57th Avenue on the South Hill is clouded in with smoke from the wildfires, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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The sun is a hazy orange due to the smoke from wildfires, Tuesday morning, Sept. 5, 2017.

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The view from the Glennaire neighborhood in Spokane, Wash. is shrouded in by smoke from area wildfires.

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Avista Stadium is obscured by smoke, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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Avista Stadium is obscured by smoke, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

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