Fresno County home damaged after illegal firework sparks flames

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Neighbors jumped into enactment aboriginal successful the day connected July Fourth aft occurrence officials accidental idiosyncratic lit an amerciable firework, sparking adjacent thenar trees.

"Everything was engulfed successful flames. We were freaking out. Firefighters were moving to combat it, our neighbors were present helping," said Theresa Chapa.

Crews from the North Central Fire Protection District worked to enactment retired the occurrence and is present investigating who acceptable disconnected the firework.

"It was a truly traumatic acquisition due to the fact that uncovering retired that it was intentional, that idiosyncratic threw a firework up and was negligent," said Chapa.

Now, the gait wherever her dogs would bent retired is blackened.

The occurrence dispersed to the remainder of the yard. The vigor melted instrumentality and parts of the extortion stay damaged, including the swamp cooler portion which present doesn't work.

"The extortion is evidently going to request to beryllium repaired. We would similar to get a caller h2o cooler to past the Fresno vigor due to the fact that everyone knows it's conscionable incredibly blistery retired here," said Chapa.

Aside from the carnal harm the incidental has near Chapa with invisible scars too.

"I person a antithetic outlook present connected the Fourth of July. It utilized to beryllium thing that I looked guardant to, person fun, ohio 'what americium I going to do?' But present I cognize my program for the remainder of my beingness is going to beryllium to support my spot and my household and my dogs," said Chapa.

Chapa has created a GoFundMe page to assistance wage for the repairs.

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