Dense smoke advisory issued again in central N.C.
Associated Press Writer
The Greensboro skyline on a clear morning compared with Friday morning as smoke from the wildfire passes over the Triad.
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RALEIGH (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a dense smoke advisory for central North Carolina counties and is warning that air may be hazardous because of the smoke from a wildfire.
The forecasters said smoke is likely to remain through much of Friday morning because low-level winds bringing smoke from the fire that has burned about 40,000 acres in Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington counties.
Forecasters also said smoke from the fire would be visible in parts of central Virginia from Danville to Lynchburg.
The weather service also said drivers should beware because of reduced visibility.
Firefighters hope visibility will improve so they burn out land and prevent a massive wildfire in eastern North Carolina from jumping a highway and moving more toward residential areas.
Fire spokesman Dean McAlister said poor visibility prevented firefighters from conducting the burnout as planned Thursday. Good visibility is necessary so that helicopters can provide support to ground crews.
Visibility was just a half mile on the ground early Friday, not enough for the helicopters to fly.
Firefighters hope to use N.C. 94 — a north-south road that runs east of the refuge — and nearby rural roads as control lines, since they can't get bulldozers and other equipment into the swamps where the fire is burning.
The state also issued a Code Orange for Fayetteville and the Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem area on Thursday and Friday.
That warning suggests people with heart and respiratory ailments should avoid moderate outdoor exercise.
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