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Guess What, Encinco-Tarzana? Pollution Forces Another No-Burn Alert
The year is young, but the region has already faced several no-burn orders due to elevated levels of pollution.

A residential no-burn alert will be in effect today 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.
“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.”
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The prohibition does not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet, the Coachella Valley or the high desert.
- City News Service
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