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Orange Skies Day was a climatological event that occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area on September 9, 2020. [1] [2]The orange-colored hue in the sky was the result of smoke from the North Complex Fire (including the Bear Fire) and more than 20 other wildfires, which burned more than 2 million acres east of the San Francisco Bay Area. [3]
ABC7 News cameras are showing less smoke and improved air quality across the Bay Area. However, some smoke and haze have returned to the Bay Area. Bay Area shrouded in smoke as wildfires rage [Video]
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The winds have been implicated in some of the area's (and even the state's) largest and deadliest wildfires, including the Thomas Fire, and Cedar Fire, as well as the Laguna Fire, Old Fire, Esperanza Fire, and the Witch Creek Fire. Other major wildfires fueled by Santa Ana winds include: 1889 Santiago Canyon Fire; 1961 Bel-Air fire [6]
Bus wrapped in Spare the Air promotional material. Spare the Air is a program established by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in 1991 to combat air pollution during the summer in the San Francisco Bay Area, the season when clear skies, hot temperatures, lighter winds, and a strong temperature inversion combine and trap air pollutants near the ground.
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[29] [30] It found that in the 2020 and 2021 fire seasons 58% of the area affected by wildfires occurred in those two seasons since 2012. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] These two fires destroyed 30% of the habitat of 50 species as well as 100 species that had 10% of their habitats burn. 5-14% of the species' habitats burned at a "high severity."