The thunderstorms that drenched portions of the southeast Thursday may help douse the wildfires in Ware and Brantley counties and could help ease the layer of smoke that has affected other counties miles away. Citizens have been concerned about the smoke seen in the area, calling public safety officials with questions about what was burning, but the smoke drifted across the miles from the vast wildfires in the Okefenokee, said Bulloch County Public Safety Director Ted Wynn. “The humidity keeps the smoke close to the ground, and the breeze keeps it moving,” he said.