Controlled Burn in Shelby County Causes Smoke, No Danger

0:00This is Birmingham News Today, powered by AI and presented by the Daily News Now. A controlled burn near Chelsea in Shelby County, turned heads Thursday with thick smoke filling the skies. Firefighters from Chelsea Fire and Rescue confirmed it was a planned 60-acre brush fire on Signal Mountain just north of town. Everything stayed under control from the start. Captain Hunter Knight from Station 33 explained that the department had finished managing the burn since it was fully contained. The fire kicked off around noon, sending a big smoke plume northeast over north Shelby County. Local spotted the massive clouds and got worried at first, thinking it was a wildfire out of hand. But officials quickly assured everyone there was no danger, and the smoke was just from the routine operation. Radar from Birmingham even captured the plumes stretching out clearly, marking the exact spot off season road south of Pleasantside Church. No homes or roads faced any threat. The burn wrapped up smoothly, leaving behind clearer air as the day went on.

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