Fighting fire with fire: How prescribed burns help to keep Bay Area’s communities safer

THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS in Alameda and Contra Costa counties wondered what was going on when they smelled smoke on Sept. 8. Within a few hours, local officials shared the source: a prescribed fire on Angel Island. Cal Fire, the Bay Area Air District, and the Marin County Fire Department thought the smoke would blow across […] The post Fighting fire with fire: How prescribed burns help to keep Bay Area’s communities safer appeared first on Local News Matters.

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