Saw a good-sized puff of black smoke rising from somewhere nearby. My immediate thought was to get closer to confirm that it was a house fire before calling the 9-11 emergency number. Glad I did so. Some bozo was burning weeds in his backyard. After the initial black smoke, it settled into a small stream of whitish smoke rising.

As I understand it, burning requires a permit from the fire department ... but right here in the middle of town seems like the person was putting the whole neighborhood at risk.