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April 14, 2022
Location: Cable Gap burn unit is located three miles northeast of Pound, VA, 2.7 miles southeast of  Jenkins, KY and approximately 1.8 miles southwest of Gaskins and Burdine, KY

Date and Time: Forest Service fire specialists will continue the 1,300-acre burn on Thursday, April 14. Fire specialists burned a small portion of this prescribed burn area in March which improved fire containment lines, making this operation safer for personnel. A portion of the unit will be ignited on Thursday and ignitions will continue on Friday, weather permitting. Firefighters will continue to monitor the area for several days until the fire is extinguished by rain. You may see smoke from this prescribed burn for several days.

Purpose: This burn will improve wildlife habitat by restoring open woodlands and grasslands to the forest landscape.

Additional Information and Road and Trail Closures:  Pine Mountain Trail (Forest Trail #201), Austin Cemetery, South Mountain Road, and part of White Oak Creek Road may be closed. For your safety, please follow posted signs and trail closures when they occur. The controlled burn is expected to have lingering smoke effects in Wise and Letcher counties. Depending on wind direction, residents and travelers in these areas may see or smell smoke.
Firefighter and public safety is our number one priority. This prescribed burn has been rescheduled several times over the last few weeks in order to ensure that weather conditions are appropriate. 

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