Heavy smoke filled the air near the South Carolina–Georgia border Monday afternoon, visible to drivers crossing the Talmadge Bridge connecting Savannah to Hutchinson Island.
Despite the somewhat ominous scene, the fire was deliberately set.
The haze stemmed from a prescribed burn on 455 acres in Jasper County, according to a burn activity map from the South Carolina Forestry Commission. It is one of 35 active prescribed fires happening statewide…