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It’s not unusual to see a dark, red sun in a fire zone, but there are so many fires burning around the Bay Area, the whole region seems like a fire zone and it may be another day or so before winds blow some of it away. Sergio Quintana reports.
It’s not unusual to see a dark and red sun in a fire zone, but there are so many fires burning around the Bay Area, the whole region seems like a fire zone and it may be another day or so before winds blow some of it away.
According to Cal Fire, there are 28 major fires burning across the state.
"It's just quite unique, because we have so much fire on the ground that's actively burning and so it's creating lots of smoke and it's just concentrating down here in the Bay Area,” said Craig Clements from SJSU’s Wildfire Research Center.
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Orange sky over San Pablo. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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Yellowish sky in San Francisco. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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Orange sky over El Cerrito. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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Orange sky over San Francisco. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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Orange sky above San Francisco. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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Orange sky over San Francisco. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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Orange sky over San Francisco. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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An orange sky over San Francisco. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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An orange sky above San Francisco. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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An orange sky above the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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An orange sky over Sausalito. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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Orange sky over San Francisco. (Sept. 9, 2020)
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A yellowish haze in the Bay Area. (Sept. 7, 2020)
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A yellowish haze in the Bay Area. (Sept. 8, 2020)
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A yellowish haze in the Bay Area. (Sept. 8, 2020)
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A yellowish haze in the Bay Area. (Sept. 8, 2020)
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A yellowish haze in the Bay Area. (Sept. 8, 2020)
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A yellowish haze in the Bay Area. (Sept. 8, 2020)
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A reddish sun as seen from the Bay Area. (Sept. 8, 2020)
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A reddish sun as seen from San Rafael. (Sept. 8, 2020)
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Smoky haze in the Bay Area. (Sept. 8, 2020)
The meteorology professor, who studies all things fire and weather, says that in the near term, only winds in the next couple days can give us some relief.
"It could be winds from the pacific, or we could have southerly winds approaching that push the smoke up north,” Clements said. “There is smoke off the coast, so as we get our sea breeze some smoke may come back in, but it won't be this dense, it won't be this thick."
He assures Friday may bring some clearer conditions.
