Complaints About Bay Area Illegal Wood Burning Up
Complaints from Bay Area residents about neighbors using their fireplaces on no-burn nights are up sharply this winter. Regional clean air regulators said Wednesday that complaints are up 63 percent compared to a year ago, the first season wood-burning was banned on bad air days. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District received 2,355 complaints during the four-month burn season that ended Sunday. Last season the district received 1,422 complaints.