Smoke may close I-4 for days [Times photo: Ken Helle] POLK CITY -- Somebody on a dusty, oak-shaded dirt road in rural Polk County decided Thursday was a good time to burn some trash. Where there’s smoke, there’s health concern The thick smoke that huffed across the Tampa Bay area at various times on Monday prompted air quality advisories, kept schoolchildren indoors and even caused the New York Yankees, in Tampa for spring training, to cut short their outdoor workout. • Pasco issues health warning Story • Florida's Burning Season Graphic • Fire chronology / I-4 closing Map

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