Delphine Farmer is a professor of chemistry at Colorado State University. When wildfire smoke turns the air brown and hazy, you might think about heading indoors with the windows closed, running an ...

The fires raging in Los Angeles have destroyed thousands of structures, and the death toll is rising. Along with the wildfires, residents must deal with other hazards: smoke and ash. Smoke is made of ...

As wildfires continue to rage in the Los Angeles area, it should be obvious that the flames themselves are major threats, leaving devastation in their trails. So is the intense heat generated. But ...

The recent Los Angeles wildfires have left many homeowners—and even nearby neighbors—facing a new kind of hazard: smoke damage. Homeowners should not re-enter their homes until the fire department has ...

Powerful, wind-fueled wildfires raging across parts of Los Angeles County on Wednesday filled the surrounding air with smoke, making it unhealthy to breathe, officials said. "Predicting where ash or ...

You don’t have to live close to a wildfire to be affected by its smoke. With severe winds fanning the fires in and around Pacific Palisades, the Pasadena foothills and Simi Valley, huge swaths of the ...