The Challenge of Measuring Toxicity in the Smoke Despite the dangers, the full extent of the threat is difficult to measure. Tools like the Air Quality Index (AQI) may not account for all the ...

Climate change is making wildfires more likely and more intense, exposing more people to dangerous wildfire smoke. Scientists are continuing to learn how much damage that smoke can do to the ...

The Los Angeles wildfires have caused devastating losses of homes and lives — and survivors may also face hidden, although still potentially very dangerous, health effects. Wildfire smoke ...

What is dangerous about these fires specifically is the toxic fumes, not just from the trees and brush, but the burning homes and buildings as well. Second Easthampton pedestrian accident on Route ...

The smallest of these particles, known as PM2.5 because they have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers, pose the most danger to human health. They can lodge deep in the lungs and sometimes ...

With the increase in wildfires in certain areas of the country, Americans should know the risks of exposure to smoke and how ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. (KABC) -- Long after the wildfires are extinguished, air quality experts say the threat of toxic dust could remain for months, even years. One local doctor who lost his ...

The biggest danger came on Tuesday, during which several fires started in Oklahoma and a large wildfire from Texas, called the "Smokehouse Creek Fire," spread into the Sooner State. Below is a ...

TIME spoke to experts about the dangers of wildfire smoke and how LA-area residents can best protect themselves. Read More: How to Help Victims of the Los Angeles Wildfires Wildfire smoke contains ...

MORE | Oklahoma Forestry Service says Tuesday was bad recipe for fires One of the wildfires, which has been called the "Smokehouse Creek ... that put a casino in danger and reportedly caused ...

POLLOCKSVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A structure fire at a home in Pollocksville claimed the life of one person early Saturday morning, Jan. 11, 2025. After an inspection, it was determined the fire was ...