Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke Issued for Lake & Chaffee Counties

Chaffee County, CO- Affected Area: Southern Lake County, and Northern Chaffee County. Locations
include, but are not limited to Twin Lakes, Granite, and along Hwy 24 in this service area.
Public Health Recommendations: If smoke is thick or becomes thick in your neighborhood you may want
to remain indoors. This is especially true for those with heart disease, respiratory illnesses, adolescents,
and older adults. Consider limiting outdoor activity when moderate to heavy smoke is present. Consider
relocating temporarily if smoke is present indoors and making you ill. If visibility is less than five miles of
smoke in your neighborhood, smoke has reached levels that are unhealthy.
Outlook: Heavy smoke has been observed Wednesday morning near the Interlaken Fire in the Twin
Lakes area, with smoke also extending southward along State Hwy 24 and the Arkansas River into
Americus and Buena Vista. Air Quality Healthy Advisory extended for parts of Lake & Chaffee County
through Thursday Morning.

For more information visit: https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colo_advisory.aspx
Avisos en Español : https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/spanish_advisory.aspx

For more information about smoke and your health visit: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Active Facebook Accounts Posting Information: Interlaken Fire Information
Chaffee County Public Health Facebook Page

For more information please contact Sophia Gibb at sgibb@chaffeecounty.org 719-207-6563