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Smoke on the water: Sooke Basin blanketed with smoke instead of fog

Wildfire smoke covering Greater Victoria skies
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Smoke on the water in the Sooke Basin, Aug. 12. (Zoe Ducklow/News Staff)

Wildfire smoke has drifted to Vancouver Island, prompting an air quality warning on top of a heat warning in mid-August.

The normally fog-filled Sooke Basin was blanketed in with smoke on Aug. 12.

READ MORE: Fire smoke to blanket Vancouver Island amid heat wave


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