It's burning

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I do not know why they do it at night, but the fire department appears to be doing a practice exercise. They are burning the field across from me. I saw the blazes last night, on the side furthest from me. Tonight they are half way across the field. I wonder if tomorrow they will be burning close to the street. There are several reasons that they do this, but they do not do it every year. It is a good way to practice their containment skills. It eliminates fire hazards, by burning them in controlled circumstances. Burning clears out invasive species growing in the fields. Other years there have been crops of hay grown in the field and they cut it. I do know that by Memorial Day weekend the field will be green and grassy and ready for the campers who come for the Motorcycle Grand Prix. I am not really wild about the smell of smoke drifint into our house, though.