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Is smoke in your home? Here's how to make an air purifier from a box fan. January 10, 2025 4:44 PM ET. By . Bill Chappell People walk through wildfire smoke in in Altadena, Calif., on Wednesday ...

However, as the string of wildfires rages in the North, the wildfire smoke spread to parts of the U.S., prompting Minnesota officials to issue the state's first air quality alert of 2024 on Sunday.

A large area of greater Los Angeles had unhealthy air Friday, due to particulate matter from large wildfires. Here are tips for breathing cleaner air indoors if it's smoky outside.

Why does wildfire smoke make it so difficult to breathe? “This is like small, very tiny particulate matter that goes deep into the airways. It’s not an allergen; it’s an irritant.

Building scientists who studied air quality in Portland during the 2020 wildfires offer tips to help keep indoor air clean and safe when faced with smoke outside.

Turn your Apple HomePod smart speaker into a smoke alarm listener for free by enabling Sound Recognition. The feature will send you an alert when it hears a smoke or CO alarm sounding in your home.

A MERV rating of 13 means the filter is efficient at catching items from 0.3 to 1 micron in size: "Bacteria, droplet nuclei (sneeze), most tobacco smoke, insecticide dust," according to the ...