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Old 01-01-2016, 08:49 AM
 
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There is a visible cloud of smoke over my neighborhood this morning. I can smell the smoke in my house as well. Anyone else notice it in their area of town?

Here's to hoping for a light breeze to kick up soon otherwise I won't be able to walk the dog today.
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Old 01-01-2016, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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If you see homes with smoking coming out of their chimney, turn them in to Maricopa County Air Division.
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Old 01-01-2016, 12:27 PM
 
Location: Detroit, MI/St. David, AZ
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There is pretty good info in here, also has a section for your question.

https://www.azdeq.gov/function/forms...noburnfaqs.pdf
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Old 01-01-2016, 12:35 PM
 
Location: in here, out there
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We get that in CA, too.
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Old 01-01-2016, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Tucson for awhile longer
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Is the smoke coming from chimneys or do you think residents are burning Christmas trees or paper trash from the holiday outside? Do you live in a development with an HOA? If so, complain to them. If not, now you know a good reason to have one.
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Old 01-01-2016, 02:15 PM
 
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HOAs mostly have nothing I regards to fireplace/pits

This is a combination of fireworks and firepits

Cold weather, visitors, parties at home ..... A lot of people have fire pits and build them did these circumstances.... Sitting around, having a drink with friends and family

ADEQ and enforcement really have no teeth and people just don't care

Today is a bad as I've seen it in the past dozen years though
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Old 01-01-2016, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Tempe, AZ
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It's all over the Valley, and it's really bad in Tempe. Last night we went outside at midnight your could smell wood burning from chimneys, and today you can see a think brown layer it almost looked like haze. We need some wind to blow this crap out.
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Old 01-01-2016, 02:44 PM
 
Location: Mesa, AZ
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Yes, Tempe/Mesa was horrible last night. From what I could tell/smell, a lot of it was from fireworks but there was definitely a lot of wood smoke too.
FYI, there is strict wording in our HOA against backyard wood burning fire pits.
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Old 01-01-2016, 03:18 PM
 
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FYI, there is strict wording in our HOA against backyard wood burning fire pits.
Interesting - I've never lived in such an HOA and even some of the more restrictive 55+ ones I'm familiar with didn't have such wording

Pretty ridiculous, but if people are willing to agree with it
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Old 01-01-2016, 03:34 PM
 
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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We get that in CA, too.
Yes, we sure do, unfortunately.
I have a neighbor who carts away all the wood from trees of all kinds (that "certain" neighbors cut down, newcomer neighbors that are superstitious of shade on their house)—often illegally as the trunk circumference is too thick and they don't get a tree removal permit) and this guy then burns his unseasoned crap and the wind carries it my way. He's got this stuff in his driveway and has a jungle of scrawny trees of his own. It looks horrible, and it smells worse. It's a fire hazard.

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