GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay Metro Fire officials warning people of the hazards of not disposing of used fireworks properly.
Captain Steve Sellin says even though the Independence Day holiday is over, there’s always the potential for blazes related to fireworks.
“Obviously the 4th of July is the biggest one but any celebrations they’re having… a family reunion, stuff like that, they may light off fireworks. Most weekends during the summertime you’ll hear fireworks,” said Sellin.
The captain explains the correct way to extinguish and dispose of used fireworks.
“What they should do is have a bucket of water and let those things soak. Even once those things are fired off, there still remnants of things burning inside the tubes,” said Sellin.
He says firefighters were called to four blazes in Green Bay contributed to fireworks over the 4th of July holiday including one Wednesday morning that lead to a garage fire in the 11-hundred block of North Webster Ave.
No one was hurt but the blaze caused around $10,000 in damage.
