Homes in the fire zone: Why wildland-urban blazes create significantly more air pollution

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Feb 18, 2026, 5:00 pm213 ptsTop
A research team led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has published a foundational inventory of emissions produced by structures destroyed by fires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Previously, researchers suspected that fires in WUI areas—spaces…

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