{"id":42470,"date":"2025-07-06T04:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T04:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/42470\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T04:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T04:17:09","slug":"los-angeles-faces-hazardous-air-quality-after-july-4-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/42470\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Faces &#8220;Hazardous&#8221; Air Quality After July 4 Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> and much of Southern <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/california\/\" id=\"auto-tag_california\" data-tag=\"california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> were met with a regional <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/air-quality\/\" id=\"auto-tag_air-quality\" data-tag=\"air-quality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">air quality<\/a> alert on Saturday, following <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/july-4th\/\" id=\"auto-tag_july-4th\" data-tag=\"july-4th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 4th<\/a> festivities and the state\u2019s largest wildfire of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith the Madre Fire expanding to nearly 80,000 acres after igniting on Wednesday in San Luis Obispo County, strong winds have pushed the smoke down to the Los Angeles metropolitan area, where lingering smoke from Independence Day fireworks contributes to \u201chazardous\u201d particle pollution levels, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe AQMD\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqmd.gov\/docs\/default-source\/news-archive\/2025\/aq-advisory-july4---july-2-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">advisory<\/a> is in effect until 11:59pm on Saturday, applying to Los Angeles County, Orange County and the Inland Empire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn addition to sparking <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/wildfires\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wildfires\" data-tag=\"wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires<\/a>, the particle pollution from fireworks \u201ccan lead to a wide variety of cardiovascular and respiratory health effects such as heart attacks, asthma aggravation, decreased lung function, coughing or difficulty breathing and may lead to premature death in people with heart or lung disease,\u201d according to the AQMD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tResidents are encouraged to limit exposure by remaining indoors with doors and windows closed, avoid rigorous physical activity and run an air conditioner or purifier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs of Saturday evening, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/incidents\/2025\/7\/2\/madre-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Madre Fire<\/a> was at 79,936 acres and 10% contained. 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