No-Burn Alert Issued In Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach CA

21 December, 2021

1:37 PM

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MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — It's not quite the time to start a fire as the South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a residential no-burn alert Tuesday. Residents are prohibited from burning wood or manufactured fire logs in indoor and outdoor residential wood-burning fireplaces and stoves due to elevated fine particulate levels forecast by the AQMD, the agency said. "From November through the end of February, residents are asked to check before burning wood in their fireplaces to limit emissions of fine particulate matter," the agency said. South Coast AQMD's No-Burn Day alerts do not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet in elevation, the Coachella Valley or High Desert, homes that rely on wood as a sole source of heat, low income households and those without natural gas service. Gas and other non-wood burning fireplaces are also exempt Find out more about the No-Burn program at aqmd.gov/cbyb. Complaints about violations of no-burn alerts may be made to AQMD by calling (800) CUT-SMOG ((800) 288-7664) or filed online at aqmd.gov/home/air-quality/complaints. SEE MORE: As Omicron Spikes In Los Angeles, Officials Urge Booster Shots