The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a No-Burn Alert forbidding people in four Southern California counties from burning wood in fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor devices through Sunday.

"The No-Burn rule bans burning wood, pellets as well as manufactured fire logs in any indoor or outdoor wood burning device, and bans burning charcoal except in cooking devices," the alert said. 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.

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"Particles in wood smoke -- also known as fine particulate matter or PM2.5 -- can get deep into the lungs and cause respiratory problems (including asthma attacks),

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