"A lot of the people who were evacuated and returned to unburned homes were initially, of course, very happy, but then that was replaced pretty quickly by concern about the environmental impact on their homes."
"Studies about previous wildfires that stretch into urban areas found that air quality inside nearby homes was affected for weeks after a blaze."
"But when fires burn through urban areas, it's not only vegetation contributing to that pollution. Entire homes—and all the plastics, metals, and electronics inside them—are going up in flames."
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