Before & after: Bay Area takes on new look as skies bleed orange (Taylor Bisacky/KRON) The Royal Society of Chemistry says reddish skies are common when fires are burning — it’s because smoke ...

New Yorkers woke up Tuesday to a hazy sky with the sun tinted a devilish red-orange color after wildfires out West sent a dense layer of smoke billowing 3,000 miles all the way to the city.