A residential no-burn alert was in effect Wednesday in the South Coast Air Basin — which includes the greater Los Angeles area, Orange County and the Inland Empire — due to a forecast of fine particle air pollution.
Under the alert issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, residents are barred from burning wood in fireplaces until midnight Wednesday night.
“No-burn alerts are mandatory in order to protect public health due to a high concentration of fine particle air pollution forecast for the area,” according to the SCAQMD. “The no-burn prohibition also applies to manufactured fire logs, such as those made from wax or paper.”
The prohibition was issued for Tuesday, then extended into today. It does not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet, the Coachella Valley or the high desert.
—City News Service