“Everything in the households got burned — cars, metal pipes, plastics.” Wildfire smoke is toxic. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine particulate matter, known by the shorthand PM 2 ...

Here are experts’ answers to all your smoke removal questions. Wildfires create a wide array of pollutants, including toxic particulate matter that can lodge deep in your lungs and enter your ...

As crews worked to put out the flames, the structure partially collapsed. Because it was so close to a house nearby, the house also caught fire. Another home sustained smoke and water damage.

Amidst devastating wildfires in Los Angeles ... time to remember that the skin is itself an important protective organ. Some studies indicate that smoke’s contaminants can effectively bypass ...

WINDBLOWN ASH FROM BURNED STRUCTURES MAY CONTAIN HIGHER AIR, TOXIC LEVELS, ASH AND WILDFIRE SMOKE HAVE LED TO UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY AROUND LOS ANGELES. IT’S A COMMON THEME IN CALIFORNIA.