FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - During this Fourth of July, YourCentralValley.com's presumption skycam captured aggregate amerciable fireworks lighting up the entity successful east-central Fresno connected Friday night.
The time-lapse video shows hundreds of amerciable fireworks lighting up the entity arsenic the nighttime advances portion folks observe Independence Day.
The usage of amerciable fireworks during Independence Day is not uncommon successful Fresno. However, this besides means that the Fourth of July is the busiest day for the Fresno Fire Department - according to crews, astir fires during the vacation are caused by the usage of amerciable fireworks.
Firefighters pass that fireworks could besides origin "real bodily harm" if utilized incorrectly.
“They’re dangerous. They’re unpredictable. They permission the crushed and there’s nary controlling wherever they’re going to go,” Josh Sellers with the Fresno Fire Department said.
Besides fires and imaginable bodily harm, occurrence crews counsel that those mounting disconnected amerciable fireworks could besides get fines of up to $50,000.
Watch the time-lapse footage successful the video subordinate above.