Sydney smoke: air quality among worst in world due to hazard reduction burns

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Sydney smoke: air quality among worst in world due to hazard reduction burns
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Rural Fire Service says smoke is expected to clear by the weekend when runners compete in the Sydney Marathon

The NSW Rural Fire Service has said it will continue hazard reduction burns in the months leading up to bushfire season and“Smoke goes in there overnight and the

inversion layer comes in and just traps that in the morning until a bit of a breeze picks up,” the RFS commissioner, Rob Rogers, said on Monday.Explore more on these topics

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