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Guess What, Woodland Hills? 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.
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“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 does not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet, the Coachella Valley or the high desert.
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