A smokey sunset over John Phillips Park.
A wildfire smoke haze sunset over John Phillips Park - 20 Aug 2023 William Slim.
Sooke News Mirror
Hot and Hazy in Sooke
20 August 2023

The past few days in Sooke have been hot with temperatures reaching 32 degrees celcius.
 
Light smoke from fires burning on Vancouver Island, the BC mainland, and northern Washington state arrived over the island on the weekend of 19-20 Aug 2023, but remained light both days, mainly visible at sunset.
 
William Slim.

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