Unhealthy air quality declared due to smoke from wildfires in Southern California


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  • Sunday, 16 Aug 2020

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Smoke from several wildfires burning in Southern California has caused unhealthy air quality, authorities said on Saturday.

According to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, smoke from the Lake Fire and Ranch 2 Fire burning in the region has caused unhealthy air quality throughout large parts of Los Angeles County, including Santa Clarita Valley, San Fernando Valley, Pomona-Walnut Valley and San Gabriel Valley that populated with Chinese diaspora.

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