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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Firefighters responded to 286 incidents connected the Fourth -139 of them were fires.
Josh Sellers, Public Information Officer with Fresno Fire, says Thursday's events were connected par with what they expected.
Fire crews had each hands connected deck, however, Sellers says they were faced with immoderate challenges.
"Unfortunately, determination was a clip play for astir 3 hours that our resources were dispersed truthful bladed that we did person to halt responding to aesculapian assistance emergencies," Sellers said.
Fresno Fire mostly responded to brush fires, but determination were three gathering fires.
The origin of those fires is nether investigation.
Fresno firefighters were inactive engaged aft the Fourth of July, getting calls to enactment retired fires that were not reported overnight.
"Hopefully radical tin get the information messages and forestall immoderate of them, truthful we're conscionable trying to bash the champion we can," Sellers said.
Sellers says the vigor played a important relation this year.
"As the evening cooled disconnected a little bit more, I deliberation much radical came extracurricular to bask the holiday, that's astir erstwhile those calls started coming in," Sellers said.
Fresno Police cited 27 radical for utilizing amerciable fireworks with astir $55,000 successful fines.
