Smoke health issues drag into third week

By Steven Trask and Tiffanie Turnbull
Updated December 6 2019 - 5:28pm, first published 5:22pm
NSW Ambulance has fielded some 2330 calls for help with breathing difficulties over the past week.
NSW Ambulance has fielded some 2330 calls for help with breathing difficulties over the past week.

Ambulance call-outs have climbed 30 per cent in NSW as people struggle for air in hazy bushfire smoke pollution, which has been likened to "breathing in soup".

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