Longtime residents said they had never experienced such an odor before.
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While air quality has improved, residents are being asked to limit indoor wood burning.
Outdoor, indoor burning prohibited for the next few days.
This is the largest penalty settlement collected by NWCAA since the agency formed in 1967.
The ban prohibited outdoor and indoor burning.
Stage 2 air quality burn ban implemented for Columbia Valley/Maple Falls area.
Outdoor burning is not allowed and home heating with fireplaces and uncertified wood stoves is also prohibited.
All sensitive groups should limit spending any time outdoors.
"Smoke from east of the Cascades moved into our area and is currently impacting Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Sedro Woolley, Burlington, and Columbia Valley."