The B.C. Ministry of Environment ended the air quality advisory for Prince George on Thursday at 1 p.m.
Wildfires burning in the area prompted the advisory on Tuesday. Wildfires are still burning in the area and if the weather changes it may prompt smoke advisories again.
Air quality readings at the Ministry of Environment's monitoring station at Plaza 400 downtown showed at coarse particulate (PM 10) level of 37.4 micrograms per cubic metre of air on Thursday at 1 p.m. Fine particulate levels (PM 25) were reported at 18.9 micrograms per cubic metre of air.
Particulate ratings were measured at 35.4 and 17.2 micrograms per cubic metre of air at the Gladstone Elementary school monitoring station in College Heights, and coarse particulate was measured at 54.6 micrograms per cubic metre of air in the B.C. Rail industrial site.
A rating of 51 micrograms per cubic metre or higher is considered poor air quality.
According to the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch, several major wildfires and numerous smaller ones are burning in the greater Prince George area.
A 104,000-hectare wildfire has been burning north of Entiako Provincial Park, south of Burns Lake, since July -as has a 10,500 hectare blaze near Euchiniko Lake, south of Vanderhoof, and a 33,547 hectare wildfire near Red Deer Creek, east of Wapiti Lake Provincial Park.
More than 15 smaller fires, ranging from a fraction of a hectare to 180 hectares in size, are burning in the Prince George region.
