The Line Fire, which is throwing out heat and smoke to generate these strange clouds, is only 14 percent contained.
Images taken from space show vast plumes of smoke billowing from the wildfires burning on the outskirts of Los Angeles, filling the air with particulate pollution.The Line Fire in San Bernardino County threw out so much smoke and heat that it generated 'fire clouds'—also known as pyrocumulus or flammagenitus—in the sky above it, which were snapped from space.
At 'Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups' levels, members of sensitive groups —like children, the elderly, and people with respiratory or heart conditions—may experience health effects.The Line Fire, which started near Highland on September 5, has now burned 34,659 acres as of about 7 a.m. local time on September 11 and is only about 14 percent contained. Over 65,600 structures are at risk from the blaze, and several neighborhoods have Evacuation Orders and Evacuation Warnings in place.
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