To avoid breathing wildfire smoke, it's important to have the right gear. Dust masks, bandanas and damp pieces of cloth won't adequately protect you from inhaling fine particulate matter like PM2.5.

The Pack Fire in California continues to set thousands of acres ablaze, and homes in the area are under evacuation orders due ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Smoke and ash from three wildfires burning in Southern California - the Rosa, Gifford and Gold fires - are blanketing the region in a dusty haze, prompting a smoke advisory from ...

Several significant wildfires were burning across California on Monday, June 30, blackening thousands of acres of vegetation and emitting vast plumes of smoke. Here's a look at the latest wildfire ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - With wildfire smoke affecting the western slope, residents could be affected by air quality. Delta County Public Health has free N95 masks available. Residents can pick ...

Brush fires are burning in the San Bernardino County mountains, and Riverside and Santa Barbara counties as Southern California faces some of the warmest temperatures of the season. Stream Los Angeles ...

FOR PROTECTION. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THE AIR POLLUTION PARTICLES ARE SO FINE THEY TRAVEL DEEP INTO THE LUNGS. NEW HAMPSHIRE’S AIR QUALITY ALERT IS REACHING AS FAR SOUTH AS NEW JERSEY AND ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Air Quality Alerts remain in effect for the Chicago area Friday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Jaisol Martinez says the smoke in the lower levels ...

The type of mask matters if you don’t want to inhale harmful pollutants. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Toby Lewsadder stepped outside an Ace Hardware store wearing a simple one-strap dust mask.