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...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY...

The following statement was issued by the Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality.

An Air Quality Alert for Ozone has been issued for Friday, August 28
for the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area due to expected high
concentrations of ozone.

Public Health Recommendations: Persons with existing heart or
respiratory ailments should reduce physical exertion and outdoor
activity.

The general public is encouraged to help alleviate the problem by
reducing vehicle miles traveled by riding the bus, carpooling, or
avoiding unnecessary trips. The public is also asked to avoid
refueling during the morning and early afternoon hours, and to avoid
the use of two cycle engines such as lawn mowers, motorcycles, weed
trimmers, and outboard engines. It is also advised to limit outdoor
burning.

To view the latest air quality map, visit airnow.gov or the AirNow
app.

For hourly updates on concentrations and possible health warnings,
telephone the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality at
405-702-4100. For more information on health effects, call the
American Lung Association of Oklahoma at 405-748-4674
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Fire extinguished at Brentwood Pointe Apartments, no injuries reported

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A fire broke out at Norman's Brentwood Pointe Apartments on Friday. No injuries were reported after firefighters extinguished the blaze.

 Jonathan Kyncl / The Daily

Officials responded to a fire at Brentwood Pointe apartments, on the corner of Imhoff Avenue and Chautauqua Avenue, around 1 p.m. Friday.

The cause of the fire is currently unknown, according to a resident, but there was a roofing crew working on the apartment when the fire started.

Troy Korbuly, a finance junior at OU and resident in the building that caught on fire, said he was awakened by sharp pain from inhaling smoke, not by a fire alarm.

“I was sleeping in and I woke up at about 1:30 p.m., just when it was hurting to breathe,” Korbuly said. “We had people working on the roof, so I thought maybe the smell was from them. Then the guy across from me came out at the same time and his fire alarm started going off, so I just ran inside and grabbed my dog and I went out.”

Korbuly said though he hadn’t heard about a fire, fire trucks were already outside of his apartment when he came out.  He also said he hadn’t yet heard anything about the status of his apartment, which was next door to the flames.

There were no reported injuries from the fire as of 3:30 p.m., according to a property manager of the apartment complex.

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