This is controlled burning around The Villages, not a fire pit. When you are at Volusia you can see the burning in the distance. Some days The Villages is protected by the wind direction.

Why would they continue to push carbon emissions but allow this smoke that covers miles of pollution that effects hundreds of people? Seems very hypocritical.

Just Wait
 

Just wait till muck fire season rolls in. Mostly natural gas accumulation from decaying vegetation that burns underground caused by spontaneous combustion. Nothing man made, but don’t tell that to the extremists. They will just come around for another nutty idea.

Not sure what this post means, but trees are important for the environment, so I would NOT be in favor of tree removal in general. When necessary for building homes, I would then like to see trees planted - perhaps in golf courses.

Fires in Canada
 

Wow, I didn't know it was illegal for fires in Canada. When will they all be arrested? In Wisconsin (Upper Midwest) this past spring and summer we had breathing problems and hazardous condition warnings from all the Canadian wildfires. If you walked outside, you could see the smoke, smell the smoke, and even taste the smoke from the fires. Yes the fires were caused by poor management like the California fires, but hey, a law is a law.

Burning
 

Unfortunately when you are in a continuous building phase such as the Villages has been for 40 years clearing land and burning brush and debris is just part of the process. I doubt any smoke you may see is from anyone's yard or personal property.
The relocation of families and people from other states to Florida looks like it too will not be slowing down either so better get use to a little smoke now and again.

Nothing smells as nice as a wood burning campfire. I heated with wood when I lived in Vermont, and from October to May, the smell of the smoke coming from the chimney was so enjoyable and relaxing.

I asked a landscaper taking down a neighbors tree, who took away several trailers full of debris, what he did with all the yard waste. He said he has a huge pit on his property where he discards everything. About once per week, when the pit gets full, he burns everything. Think about all the landscapers working throughout the villages every day trimming shrubs, trees, etc… That’s a lot of vegetation that goes up in smoke. Occasionally we get a very strong smell of thick smoke where we live, usually it starts a couple hours after dark. That corresponds to when the landscapers get home from work and empty their trailers of debris and have to burn to make room for the next day’s haul. There is no doubt the smoke we encounter is not from a neighbors small fire ring.

Canadian wildfires? Canadian Wildland Fire Information System

No doubt that the heavy smell of burning wood is coming from construction sites. I have seen these fires. Most of the time, they burn them at night so no one knows where they are coming from but I do not think it matters because I have seen them burning during the day too. Burning wood produces particle pollution, a mixture of gases and fine particles. Smoke may smell good but is not good for you. These particles can get into your eyes and respiratory system, triggering asthma attacks. A risk for people who have copd and heart disease. Obviously, no one cares, after all, we are just a bunch of old people who are going to die anyway.

That is a good law.

Not everybody does because there are individual differences in tolerance for smoke.

People have different tolerances for smoke.

Enjoyable, relaxing, and who cares that it may be carcinogenic?

Enjoyable, relaxing, and carcinogenic.

Yeah I was just curious what the thread was about. Seems it's not about firepit/smoker issues. I'm guessing that all depends on the neighbors. I hope my neighbors like brisket and smoke because there will be 12 hours of smoke. :D