Fireworks injury; no serious fires reported
July 6, 2010
Two adults and two children were injured in fireworks-related incidents Sunday night, and one man died as a result of his injuries, fire officials said.
Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said a man and woman suffered minor leg burns from fireworks in the 7500 block of
In a separate incident near
The North Las Vegas Fire Department worked a house fire at
Szymanski said there were no serious building fires in
“This has been the calmest of all the 15 years I’ve worked on the Fourth of July,” he said.
At 2:15 a.m. this morning, a vacant mobile home caught fire in a closed mobile home park at
Szymanski said the evening began with four minor fire calls from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday about smoke sightings and trash bin fires.
An hour later, seven calls came in regarding a tree on fire at
Szymanski said he thinks more people were cautious about tree and bush fires because of the
“People saw those and said, ‘I don’t want anything like that to happen to my home,’” he said. “The attitude has changed where people want to be safe.”
At midnight, all fireworks became illegal and all fireworks booths closed.
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