Reno's air quality heads to moderate level due to wildfire smoke from California

Wildfire smoke from California blew into the Reno-Sparks area Friday afternoon, pushing the air quality into the moderate category.

Reno's air quality was at an index of 77 just before 6 p.m., which is acceptable but may put people who are sensitive to air pollution at risk, according to AirNow.gov.

Wendell Hohmann, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Reno, said smoke from wildfires in Southern California was to blame for the air quality in Reno.

Hohmann couldn't pinpoint the exact fire that the smoke blew in from but said the Long Fire, burning on 8,661 acres in Tulare County, California, could be one possibility.

He expected the air quality to get better into the evening.

This article originally appeared on Reno Gazette Journal: Reno's air quality heads to moderate level due to wildfire smoke from California