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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — The Fresno Fire Department is alerting the nationalist astir the usage of amerciable fireworks up of the Fourth of July.
Josh Sellers with the Fresno Fire Department said mounting disconnected amerciable fireworks leads to consequences.
"You tin look fines up to $5,000, and that's including the spot owner. So if you are hosting a party, an lawsuit wherever your guests are utilizing that, you tin beryllium held liable for their behavior," Sellers said.
Sellers said astir calls the occurrence section receives connected Independence Day are fires sparked by amerciable fireworks.
"They're dangerous. They're unpredictable. They permission the crushed and there's nary controlling wherever they're going to go," Sellers said.
He said lighting these fireworks could beryllium the quality betwixt beingness and death.
"The blistery embers could onshore determination that wasn't intended, and that sparks the fire. Also, conscionable the dangers of themselves that they tin beryllium explosive and if utilized incorrectly, they tin origin immoderate existent bodily harm," Sellers said.
The Fourth of July is the busiest time for the occurrence department.
Sellers said they program to person other resources.
"Two further engines and a four-wheel thrust wildland vehicle. We volition besides beryllium having immoderate further enactment unit connected work from the day to midnight," Sellers said.
He said throwing distant fireworks instantly aft usage besides causes fires, urging radical to beryllium proactive.
"We promote everyone to soak them down. Either enactment them successful a bucket of h2o oregon hose them down thoroughly with a plot hose and fto them sit," Sellers said.
