Algunos de los niveles más altos de hollín de incendios forestales han estado sobre las comunidades que se extienden desde Santa Mónica hasta Long Beach, que normalmente tiene aire relativamente limpio.
Smoke from multiple wildfires hung over much of Southern California on Thursday, blanketing the region with hazy brown vistas and pungent, ashy air and prompting health warnings from air quality officials.
Because of morning wind patterns, some of the highest levels of fine-particle pollution, or wildfire soot, hovered over a coastal area that normally has relatively clean air — the communities that stretch from Santa Monica to Long Beach. That changed later in the day. The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a smoke advisory spanning much of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Officials predicted smoke and ash to produce pollution levels that are “unhealthy for sensitive groups,” including children, the elderly and people with preexisting health problems. Air pollution could potentially reach higher levels in areas directly downwind from fires, the advisory noted.
Air quality in the “moderate” range was widespread Thursday morning as winds blew from the north and northeast, pushing smoke south and southwest across Los Angeles County. Pollution reached levels that areBut with winds predicted to shift to come from the west and southwest Thursday afternoon until sunset, the smoke could move back east and northeast across the Los Angeles Basin.
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