At around 9:15 p.m., the Contra Costa Health Services department removed a shelter-in-place for Martinez and other cities ...

Firefighters in southern California are battling the Palisades and Eaton Fires, which have killed at least 25 people, burning a cumulative 37,700 acres and at least 12,000 structures. The plumes of ...

A shelter-in-place order for residents near the Martinez Refining Co. was lifted Saturday night after a fire that injured at ...

But the fires scorching the area now are sending up plumes of black smoke that pose ... researchers say, is the toxic mix of substances in the smoke from the burning buildings, vehicles ...

“Everything in the households got burned — cars, metal pipes, plastics.” Wildfire smoke is toxic. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine particulate matter, known by the shorthand PM 2 ...

Ash is everywhere and comes in many sizes, from black and gray slivers collecting ... right now is different from forest fire smoke, which is plenty toxic on its own, said Lim.

"In certain areas, it's almost a veil of black smoke," said Huntington Health Pulmonary and Critical Care physician Dr. Raj Dasgupta. He added that a lot of that smoke carries toxic materials.

Toxic smoke from burning properties can pose additional health risks. Firefighters watch water drops on the Palisades fire in Los Angeles' Mandeville Canyon on January 11. Toxic smoke from burning ...