This prescribed burn will be occurring in the Montvale area on the Bedford County side of the Parkway on Monday . This will generate smoke that will be seen from many portions of Botetourt and other neighboring jurisdictions .
    Forest Service fire specialists are planning to begin a prescribed burn near Montvale in Bedford County , VA on Monday , April 25 . Some trails and roads will be temporarily closed and smoke will be visible for multiple days . The 1 , 034 - acre Black Horse Gap burn area is located three miles northwest of Montvale and ten miles northeast of Roanoke on National Forest Service lands in the Day Creek trailhead area .  
   The Day Creek Trailhead , portions of the Glenwood Horse Trail ( Forest Trail # 3004E ) and Forest Service Roads Day Creek ( Forest Road # 3078 ) and Black Horse Gap East ( Forest Road #186 - 2 ) will be temporarily closed for the duration of the burn on Monday , April 25 .  
   The section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from the intersection with U . S . Route 460 to the intersection with State Route 43 will be closed during the burning operations on Monday , April 25 .  
   Smoke from this burn will be visible throughout the area , including from the Blue Ridge Parkway , U . S . Route 11 , I - 81 and U . S . Route 460 and from the towns of Montvale , Buchanan , Bedford , Blue Ridge and Roanoke .
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