Wildfires Harm Air Quality In The US: Evictions forced in California, Park fire cause by arson

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Published 2024-07-26
As massive wildfires expand in western states and Canada, air quality alerts are in effect for much of the United States. Fires burning in California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington and other western states, as well as Canada, have filled the skies in regions of the western U.S. with smoke and haze, forcing some affected areas to declare air quality alerts or advisories. As of Wednesday (7/24/24) morning, there were 79 large active wildfires across the country being managed that have burned 1,431,460 acres (579,292 hectares), according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Evacuation orders are in effect for 15 fires in the Northwest, where fires continue to show active to extreme behavior. Communities near several fires in California, the Northern Rockies and the Great Basin are also under evacuation orders. Unhealthy air pollution from wildfires have triggered air quality alerts and advisories in regions of the western U.S.

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