Most of North Idaho is under an Air Quality Advisory as several wildfires continue to burn throughout the region.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the advisory Thursday morning for Kootenai, Shoshone, Bonner, and Benewah counties.

Air quality is expected to worsen into the weekend and is projected to be "unhealthy for sensitive groups," though little risk is posed to the general public, DEQ said in a release.

Open burning is also prohibited under the advisory, which is in effect until Saturday.

In Boundary County, t he Kootenai Tribe of Idaho issued an air quality advisory Thursday as well as a ban on open burning on the tribal reservation due to the elevated pollution levels.

The burn ban applies to all outdoor burning — including agricultural, camping and recrea

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