"Employees are going back to work at the station and are worried about airborne contaminants from wildfire smoke," the letter said, adding that regulators had not yet determined whether that was true and did not plan to conduct an inspection at this time.
Even in forested areas, wildfires create a wide array of pollutants that can lodge deep in the lungs and enter the bloodstream, causing respiratory issues and other health problems.
Then on Thursday, according to sheriff's officials, the department received a letter from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health regarding a complaint about contamination.
The closure came a little more than a week after deputies first responded to reports of a Jan. 7 wildfire in Eaton Canyon, which killed at least 17 people and chewed through thousands of homes, businesses and historic buildings.
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