Crime & Safety
Prescribed Fire Burning Wednesday on Price Mill Road
About 150 acres are being burned as a hazard reduction and to provide a wildlife benefit.
If you see smoke Wednesday coming from the Price Mill Road area, it's likely attributed to a prescribed fire, according to the Georgia Forestry Commission.
Jason McCannon of J&M Forestry said the purpose is to burn understory for hazard reduction and also to provide a wildlife benefit. The prescribed fire today covers about 150 acres, he said, and will be completed by the afternoon.
The Georgia Forestry Commission's website says prescribed fires, which are conducted by trained practitioners, are safe ways to apply a natural process and reduce the risk of wildfires.
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