In July 2018, the Carr Fire began its path of destruction, eventually taking out most of Lake Keswick Estates, a suburb built in the early 2000s on the west side of Redding. Reading Ordinance 2270 for the subdivision rezone, I was struck by the consideration the developers and City put into fire protection. They included […]
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An urgent question hangs over catastrophic wildfires: What’s in that toxic smoke?
Scientists are rushing to learn more about those dangerous swirls of gases and particulate matter and how they threaten our health.
The Angeles National Forest, in Southern California, is engulfed in smoke and flames during last year’s record-breaking wildfire season. The Bobcat Fire, as this one was called, burned more than 115,000 acres. It was one of scores that blew smoke pollution across the western states and beyond visible as far away as Washington, D.C.
ByCynthia Gorney
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On a rural highway in Northern California, a July traveler’s tire went flat. Metal rim scraped against pavement. The sparks ignited a fire that ripped through dry forest, whirled into flame tornadoes, and roared over tens of thousands of acres, making fuel of everything in its path. When it jumped the Sacramento River and headed for the city of Redding, Keith Bein prepped his new rig a trailer holding two tiny el