No-Burn Alert Declared For Most Of Southern California
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A residential no-burn alert was in effect Friday in the greater Los Angeles area, Orange County and the Inland Empire due to a forecast of fine particle air pollution, authorities said.
Under the alert from the South Coast Air Quality Management District, residents should not burn wood in fireplaces throughout the day.
"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," the SCAQMD said in a statement. "The no-burn prohibition also applies to manufactured fire logs, such as those made from wax or paper."
The burn ban does not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet, the Coachella Valley or the high desert.
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