No-burn alert issued for Los Angeles, Orange County, Inland Empire
Southland residents are barred from burning wood or manufactured logs in their fireplaces from midnight Monday to midnight Tuesday because of elevated “fine particulate levels,” air quality regulators said.
The no-burn alert does not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet, the Coachella Valley or the High Desert, according to a statement from the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Low-income households, homes that rely on wood as their sole source of heat and homes without natural gas service are also exempt.
On a no-burn day, residents living in Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire can enter their ZIP code at www.aqmd.gov to see if they live in an affected area.
Wood smoke contains contaminants that can be harmful to health, according to the statement. No-burn alerts are issued when air quality is forecast to have elevated levels of harmful fine particulates.
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