Vacaville Police Responded To Over 75 Fireworks-Related Calls Over Past Month
VACAVILLE (CBS13) — Police are pleading with Vacaville residents to remember that all fireworks are illegal in the city.
Vacaville is one of several cities in the greater Sacramento area where all fireworks, even those deemed "safe-and-sane" by California regulators, are banned.
Despite this ban, authorities say they've already dealt with more than 75 incidents related to fireworks over the past month.
In the most recent incident around midnight Friday, Vacaville police say they responded to a report of fireworks near Allison Parkway. There, first responders discovered flames shooting from a large part of a fire access road at the end of the street.
We would like to take this opportunity to remind citizens all fireworks are unsafe and illegal in Vacaville. In the...
Posted by Vacaville Police Department on Friday, July 2, 2021
Firefighters quickly put the flames out before any buildings were damaged, but it appears the flames burned right up to and scorched a fence.
All fireworks are banned in Vacaville, Vallejo, Fairfield and Benicia.