This is not good news for our lungs.
The smoke from the fires that affect the Gironde has risen to Paris, affecting air quality, we learned this Tuesday evening from the Airparif air quality observatory.
“There are many high levels of particles in Ile-de-France which would be linked to this rise in air mass loaded with particles from the fires in Gironde, coupled, on a more local scale, with other fires. “Airparif told AFP.
A smell of smoke
Regarding a possible episode of air pollution, “we cannot completely rule out that this leads to an overrun of the first particle information threshold and a pollution peak over the day”, indicated Airparif.
In several places, the organization measured concentrations of the order of 100 micrograms per cubic meter, "but these are hourly levels, while the particle thresholds are on daily averages", he specified, when he has to carry out an analysis.
"The wind is going quite fast, so it can pass quickly," added the same source, adding that precipitation is expected in the second part of the night.
In Paris, a distinct smell of smoke was felt.
These particles present in the air, resulting from combustion, less than 10 and 2.5 microns, can cause respiratory and cardiovascular disorders, in the event of long exposure.
Other regions of France have been affected: "due to a change in wind direction, the smell of smoke from the #Gironde fires is felt in Haute-Vienne", tweeted the prefect of the department.
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