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The Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment has issued a red pollution advisory for the seven-county Denver-Boulder metropolitan area effective at 4 p.m. today.
The department said that air quality currently is poor or expected to worsen. Mandatory residential burning restrictions and requests to limit driving are now in effect until 4 p.m. Thursday.
On red days, residential burning is restricted to approved stoves, fireplaces and fireplace inserts.
Limited winds and mixing later tonight and Thursday are expected to lead to poor visibility and a violation of the state visibility standard on Thursday.
