Los Angeles is wearing a smoky cloak 😷 as wildfires blaze across Southern California! On Thursday, a thick blanket of smoke covered the U.S. city, forcing schools to close and prompting health warnings as residents struggled to breathe.
\"It's not breathable,\" shared Dulce Perez, a cook at Teddy's Cocina in Pasadena. \"We just try to stay indoors.\"
All around the United States' second-largest city, residents are worried about air that's turned lung-burning 💨 from the ash, soot, and smoke coming from fires that have destroyed 10,000 structures.
Air purifiers are sold out at big stores, and some folks are taping up their windows to keep the smoke out!
But there's some hope! Firefighters are finally gaining control over two major wildfires 🔥 on the eastern and western banks of LA as fierce winds that supercharged the fires for days have finally eased.
While conditions improved on Friday, an air quality alert remained in effect until the evening, and dangerous particulate matter remained around four times higher than World Health Organization guidelines.
Potential impact on health
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Breathing dangerously: Wildfires blanket LA in hazardous smoke
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