Pittsburg, PA
Photos: East Bay firefighters saw fewer July 4th blazes this year
The Contra Costa County Fireplace Safety District, or ConFire, stated it responded to 55 fires, 5 accidents and 140 emergency medical service calls on Monday, which it known as its busiest evening of the yr.
It’s nonetheless unclear what number of of these fires have been ignited by fireworks.
ConFire firefighters responded to 48 grass and outside fires and 5 construction fires throughout their district on July 4, 2021. These stats represented 20% and 40% reductions in these sorts of fires, respectively, from the district’s Independence Day 2020 figures. That yr, firefighters contained 67 blazes that threatened 10 buildings and confirmed at least 16 of them resulted from fireworks.
Additional west over the hills, firefighters in Oakland confirmed by midnight that 5 vegetation fires contained this yr have been brought on by unlawful firework exercise over seven hours on Monday night. The identical crews extinguished three structure fires in a single day on the vacation final yr.
