Do You See or Smell Smoke In Baldwin Park?

BALDWIN PARK, CA — County health officials warned area residents Tuesday to limit their outdoor activities due to ash and smoke in the region from the nearby Canyon Fire in the Anaheim and Corona areas. If you can see or smell smoke, there are pollutants in the air due to wind-driven smoke.

The advisory areas include the majority of Orange County, parts of San Gabriel Valley/Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Riverside County.

Patch readers have sent photos of ash on cars, and a haze of smoke-filled sky from Anaheim, Irvine, Lake Forest to Rancho Santa Margartia to San Clemente and beyond. According to the Air Quality Index for Orange County, as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, fine particulate matter in the air is hovering just below or at unhealthy levels.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued an advisory urging those who can see and smell the smoke from the Canyon Fire:

The fire, which started Monday in the rugged wilderness near the Riverside-Orange county line, has grown to about 2,000 acres and sent up a large column of black smoke that can be seen throughout the region.

• SEE ALSO: Canyon Fire: 2,000+ Acres Burned; Photos, Map, Evacuations, School Closures

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a smoke advisory for portions of Riverside and Orange counties, including the Corona/Norco and Lake Elsinore areas.

Among the precautions:

• Residents should avoid any vigorous outdoor or indoor exertion.
• Those with respiratory or heart disease, older adults, and children should remain indoors.
• Windows and doors should be closed.
• Run your air conditioner if you have one and keep the fresh air intake closed and the filter clean to prevent bringing additional smoke inside.
• Avoid using a swamp cooler or whole-house fan to prevent bringing additional smoke inside.
• To avoid worsening the health effects of smoke, don’t use indoor or outdoor wood-burning appliances, including fireplaces.

The fire could burn for several days, so residents can get updates on air quality by clicking on www.ocfa.org.

Photos, courtesy Rancho Santa Margarita reader Alicia Napier