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B4 Wednesday,October 6, 1999 The Record ■ Mante Fancy feats in Manteca E Ten-year-old Jeff ? Osborn of Manteca ' dribbles a basketball ,. Tuesday while wearing in-line skates on the court at Shasta Park. P Record photo by k CLIFFORD OTO R� Y Air quality improves in area around tine fire The Record senior resource-management spe- Hazard Control used foam to TRACY — Despite a gray pall cialist with the county's Envir- douse an oil fire generated by the hovering over a tire fire near onmental Resources Department. burning tires. Westley, air quality on the west Levels of particulate matter County officials plan to meet side of Stanislaus County actually remained in the good to moderate with experts from the U.S. improved over the weekend, noun- categories on the air-quality index Environmental Protection Agency ty officials said Tuesday. on the west side of the county. and the Williams company this The amount of fine particulate A health advisory will remain in week to discuss options for con- matter had dropped to 38 parts effect for the time being, however, taining the tire fire now that the per million Sunday, compared Madueno said. As a precaution, oil fire has been doused, Madueno with readings of 90 ppm those with respiratory ailments said. Thursday, officials with the coun- and other health problems should In addition, Stanislaus County ty's Emergency Operations Center reduce their time outdoors and Supervisor Paul Caruso initiated a reported. avoid strenuous activity. letter to the county grand jury, "The air quality has improved A pre-dawn lightning strike asking the panel to begin an dramatically," county spokes- Sept. 22 ignited the massive pile investigation into who may be woman Virginia Madueno said. in the hills west of Interstate 5, civilly and criminally liable for the Wind patterns have changed, spreading through roughly 5 mil- fire. dissipating the smoke, and there lion of the 7 million tires there. Costs for fire suppression and has been less fallout reported On Friday, Texas fire-suppression cleanup are running in excess of from the blaze, said Denton Hoeh, company Williams Fire and $100,000 a day, Madueno said.