Smelling smoke Thursday? It’s likely the ‘prescribed burn’

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Smelling smoke Thursday? It’s likely the ‘prescribed burn’

FORT STEWART, Ga. (WSAV) -- On Thursday, there was a "prescribed burn", otherwise known as a controlled burn, at Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield base that many folks in the Coastal Empire could smell throughout the day. Officials on site said the base does prescribed burns to increase military readiness and preserve the ecosystem in the area. First, a fire was started by hand, and then a helicopter came in to drop chemical activators. “They c…