What does Fresno Fire, Police do with illegal fireworks taken off streets?

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno Fire and Police had a engaged Fourth of July, cracking down connected amerciable fireworks and taking thousands of dollars worthy of fireworks disconnected the streets.

“I cognize that determination were 27 citations issued and we were inactive successful the process of reviewing each the drone footage and truthful there's inactive enactment being done during the Fourth of July,” Fresno Fire Department’s Josh Sellers said.

The occurrence section told YourCentralValley.com they seized much than $25,000 worthy of amerciable fireworks. That weighs retired to astir 2 tons. Now, hundreds of fireworks beryllium successful a retention container. But that volition soon change.

“We'll instrumentality each of those fireworks up to the State Farm Marshal's office. They enactment them, they cod them each there, and past they nonstop them retired of authorities for disposal,” Fresno Fire’s Deputy Fire Marshal Jay Tracy said.

Tracy said his section volition region the fireworks from their cardboard and integrative packaging, container them up, and vessel them northbound to Davis, adjacent Sacramento.

“They enactment them into large bins and enactment them into conex boxes similar this, and erstwhile they capable 1 up, they vessel them out,” Tracy said.

Then, the fireworks are sent retired of authorities to beryllium disposed of.

“I don't deliberation they pain them. I deliberation they instrumentality them isolated oregon possibly incinerate portion of them,” helium said.

It’s a time-consuming and pricey process. 

“To the tune of past year, I deliberation it was 1.2 cardinal that they spent connected disposal,” Tracy explained.

Tracy says this year's Independence Day was particularly busy. They wrote much than 25 citations for amerciable fireworks connected the 4th alone.

“We had, you know, I said 122 fires successful a 12-hour period. You know, if that doesn't daze someone, it should,” Tracy said.

Just due to the fact that the vacation is implicit doesn’t mean enforcement is, truthful those who are caught with immoderate amerciable fireworks could look up to a $5,000 fine.