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Air Quality Alert Issued From Wildfire Smoke Drifting From Mendocino County
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 17, 6:08 PM PDT
updated Oct 17, 9:00 PM PDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by The Mendocino Voice and Local News Matters, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Air quality alert issued from wildfire smoke drifting from Mendocino County · The Mendocino VoiceOct 17, 6:08 PM PDT
Air quality alert issued from wildfire smoke drifting from Mendocino County · Local News Matters · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 17, 9:00 PM PDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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Mendocino County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.
How We Decided
Oct 17, 7:18 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 17, 9:45 PM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.