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Breathing Fire | Climate Central Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Breathing Fire | Climate Central
Breathing Fire | Climate Central
Nov 7, 2017
Extracted Page: http://www.climatecentral.org/news/breathing-fire-california-air-quality-smoke-waves-21754
As climate change fuels large wildfires, the pollution they're releasing is making Americans sick and undermining decades of progress in cleaning the air.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As the deadliest fires in California history swept through leafy neighborhoods here, Kathleen Sarmento fled her home in the dark, drove to an evacuation center and began setting up a medical triage unit. Patients with burns and other severe injuries were dispatched to hospitals. She set about treating many people whose symptoms resulted from exposure to polluted air and heavy smoke.
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