Possible smoke in the sky today over Mountain Rest

The Andrew Pickens District of the U-S Forest Service, in cooperation with Clemson University, will conduct a prescribed burn today in the Whetstone Community, and that could mean smoke in the sky above the hamlet of Mountain Rest. The burn is scheduled to start at 11 this morning and involve 400 acres. A spokesman for the Forest Service says this burn will have a dual purpose: for reduction of fuels that lead to wildfire and vegetative research response by Clemson.