Eleven were recaptured, but Hasan managed to cross the forested border into Malaysia, and from there reached Turkey.

Even in forested areas, wildfires create a wide array of pollutants that can lodge deep in the lungs and enter the bloodstream, causing respiratory issues and other health problems.

Even in forested areas, wildfires create a wide array of pollutants, including toxic particulate matter that can lodge deep in the lungs and enter the bloodstream, causing respiratory issues, cancer and other health problems.

The parks department said hikers are strongly advised to avoid hiking trails, hillsides and forested areas of parks during high wind and particularly dangerous red flag warnings.

At the same time, he said, unlike in forested areas, fuel reduction in the region’s chaparral shrublands risks harming the ecosystem rather than making it healthier.