LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a No-Burn Alert through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, prohibiting wood burning in fireplaces and in all indoor or outdoor devices across four Los Angeles-area counties.
The updated alert now in effect until midnight Wednesday includes the South Coast Air Basin, covering large areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, except the High Desert and Coachella Valley.
“South Coast AQMD reminds residents in these areas that burning wood in their fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device is prohibited at any time on No-Burn Days,” the agency said…