Instead, use N95 or N100 mask during a wildfire. Dust masks, bandanas and pieces of cloth won't adequately protect you from inhaling fine particulate matter. Instead, look for an N95 or N100 mask.

There are other different types of masks: N99 and N100 Masks: These provide even higher levels of filtration, with N99 filtering out 99% of airborne particles and N100 filtering up to 99.97%.

N95, N100 to surgical masks, look at best anti-pollution face masks to fight 'air emergency' in Delhi-NCR. Experts have repeatedly warned against the adverse effects of the air pollution.