Check out this University of California article quoting Director Anthony Wexler concerning the LA wildfires!

“'These wildfires are different because they are burning houses and structures,' said Anthony Wexler, a distinguished professor and the director of the UC Davis Air Quality Research Center. 'In houses, you have plastic, metal, solvents, carpets, paint, pesticides, cars with rubber and metal and everything else. And when those burn, they create more toxic smoke and ash,' Wexler said."

Read the full article here: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/la-fires-are-producing-hazardous-smoke-how-protect-yourself