No-Burn Order Extended In Agoura Hills, Los Angeles

AGOURA HILLS, CA — Agoura Hills residents will have to hold off on lighting the fireplace Monday after a no-burn order was extended for the greater Los Angeles area.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a no burn order from Sunday to Monday for non-desert parts of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties and all of Orange County.

Residents are advised to avoid burning wood or manufactured fire logs in their fireplaces or outdoor wood-burning devices through Monday. No-burn orders generally last 24 hours when air quality conditions in the region become unhealthy due to air emissions.

“Do your part to help keep our air clean by not burning wood during the mandatory wood burning ban. No burn day alerts are mandatory in order to protect public health when levels of fine particulate air pollution in the region are forecast to be high,” the district said in a statement.

Agoura Hills' air quality was, for the most part, better than its Los Angeles neighbors. Most of Agoura Hills' air quality was determined to be in "good" condition, according to the district's weather monitoring system. Neighboring Calabasas was deemed "moderate," the second-best air quality designation on a scale of six ranging from "good" to "hazardous."

There were a number of exemptions to the no-burn order, according to the district:

“South Coast AQMD’s No-Burn Day alerts do not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet in elevation, the Coachella Valley or High Desert, homes that rely on wood as a sole source of heat, low income households and those without natural gas service. Gas and other non-wood burning fireplaces are also exempt.”

All of November through February is “Check Before You Burn season,” during which residents are asked to check emission levels before burning any wood or logs. Check whether burning is advised year-round in your area here.

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