Smoke from a massive Sonoma County wildfire was blanketing the Bay Area region on Friday, raising air pollution levels and prompting officials to issue an advisory warning of unhealthful conditions. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which monitors elevated levels of particle pollution, urged people from the North Bay to the Santa Clara Valley to limit their exposure to the smoke. The smog and smoke from the fire can irritate eyes and airways, cause coughing and dry throat and irritate sinuses. Advertisement“It is important that residents protect their health and avoid smoke exposure by staying indoors, if heat is not an issue,” said Jack Broadbent, chief executive of the Bay Area agency, in an advisory. By Friday afternoon, the smoke was expected to envelop all of the Bay Area.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 25, 2019 22:06 UTC