The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued a Code PURPLE Air Quality Alert across the Richmond Metro Area (due to wildfires in Minnesota and Canada) until midnight tonight. DEQ advises people with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should avoid all physical activity outdoors. Everyone else should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion. People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children are groups most at risk. https://www.deq.virginia.gov/air-energy/air-quality-forecast
