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Jones County Burning Sending Smoke into Macon

NewsCentral Staff

Story Created: Feb 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM EDT

Story Updated: Feb 7, 2013 at 12:46 AM EDT

The adage "where there's smoke, there's fire" isn't exactly true if you asked the Macon-Bibb County fire department Wednesday night.

Firefighters have been inordinately busy with many of the calls they've responded to turning out to be false alarms.

Many people in downtown Macon have seen lots of smoke accompanied by a burning smell.

Fire Department officials say the smoke is coming from a controlled burn conducted by the Georgia Forestry Commission in Jones County.

Wind is carrying the smoke into the downtown Macon area.

The department says it will continue to respond to each and every call made by concerned citizens.
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