We’re 80 miles away and the smoke is pretty unbearable.

The smell of smoke from the North Bay fires is more than just annoyance, air quality officials said Monday – it’s a potential health hazard as well. Air monitors are detecting “very elevated levels” of fine particulates around the region, said Kristine Roselius, spokeswoman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Those particulates – “so tiny you could fit many on the head of a pin” – are especially of concern to childr…