LA Fires Content / LA Fires Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en LA Fires: Chemicals From the Smoke Lingered Inside Homes Long After the Wildfires Were Out /blog/la-fires-chemicals-smoke-lingered-inside-homes-long-after-wildfires-were-out <p>When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by surprise. Forecasters had warned about <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-santa-ana-winds-fueled-the-deadly-fires-in-southern-california-246965">high winds and exceptionally dry conditions</a>, but few people expected to see smoke and fires for weeks in one of America’s largest metro areas.</p> January 06, 2026 - 12:16pm Katherine E Kerlin /blog/la-fires-chemicals-smoke-lingered-inside-homes-long-after-wildfires-were-out Chromium-6, Nanosilver Detected in LA Fire Cleanup Zones /climate/news/chromium-6-nanosilver-detected-la-fire-cleanup-zones <p>Air quality scientists have detected elevated levels of hexavalent chromium and silver in air samples collected from the debris cleanup zones for the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, which occurred January 2025 in Los Angeles County.</p> August 27, 2025 - 9:53am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/chromium-6-nanosilver-detected-la-fire-cleanup-zones