If it isn't the Red Tide

It is the control burn.

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Smoke in your eyes: It's controlled-burn time

SARASOTA COUNTY -- The billowing smoke visible from Interstate 75 in southern Sarasota County on Tuesday morning was not a raging wildfire. The burning debris at the county landfill near Venice, however, was a sign of things to come.

Controlled burn season has arrived in Southwest Florida

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