Burn or chip? Residents on the ridge work to clear out dead vegetation

Loggers and homeowners are getting rid of dead vegetation by burning it, which is causing a two-sided debate with people in Paradise.

Homeowners are getting rid of dead vegetation by burning it..

Which is causing a two sided debate with people in paradise.

Action news now reporter mackenzie drigo found out earlier what is causing concerns.

(--- pkg ---) the smell of smoke is causing new concerns in paradise... these days, it's from control-burn piles from camp fire -- damaged trees.

This is just one property that im on that has a pile of wood chopped up by loggers to get ready to burn so that the owner can start burning on that property.

One homeowner in paradise tells me why he chose to burn the wood rather than chip it.

<sot ron drews homeowner 26 seconds "its a lot more work the fire burns cleans and easy and the fire burns hot there very little smoke you cant see very little smoke 5 ft above the fire so i keep it hot and burns it quick and fast.

I keep track if as far if it's a burn day or not so the air quality is good, rendered as being hazardous so im doing hazardous tree removal and the brushes attached to the trees i got my permit from the town of paradise fire department and today is a burn day," but one business owner says the constant burning worries her.

Sot tamara fairweather business owner 9 seconds ("i think it's a