A ban on indoor and outdoor wood burning will be in effect Monday in much of the Inland Empire due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area.
The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect from midnight Sunday until at least 11:59 p.m. Monday for all those in the South Coast Air Basin, including the non-desert portions of Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, and all of Orange County.
The order does not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet, the Coachella Valley or the high desert, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Homes that rely on wood as a sole source of heat, low-income households and those without natural gas service also are exempt from the requirement…