Celebrating July 4th amid pandemic

Celebrating July 4th amid pandemic

Bakersfield fire says they won't have more details about the number of illegal fireworks seized and other details about the Fourth of July weekend until Tuesday.

But they did say the calls for illegal fireworks were overwhelming

THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKSSEIZED ANDOTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE FOURTHOF JULY WEEKEND... UNTILTOMORROW.BUT THEY DID SAY -- THE CALLSFOR ILLEGAL FIREWORKS WEREOVERWHELMING.DURING A FOURTH OF JULY WHEREMOST FIREWORKS DISPLAYS WERECANCELLED, MANY FIREWORK STANDSAROUND TOWN SAYINGTHAT MEANT A BOOM FOR BUSINESS.BUT AS DAY TURNED NIGHT... THESTORY TURNED FROMLEGAL FIREWORKS TO ILLEGAL ONES.23ABC RODE ALONG WITH THEBAKERSFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT ASTHEY RESPONDED TO CALLS ON ONEOF THEIR BUSIEST NIGHT OF THEYEAR.DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON CASEYSNOW SAYING THEYRECEIVED A STAGGERING AMOUNT OFCALLS."A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO WE HADOVER A1,00 CALLS TO OUR DISPATCH FOROUR FIREWORKS AND AGAIN WE ARE ABASICFIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE GET ABOUT43,000 CALLS A YEAR AND WHEN YOUADD THOSETHOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKSIT CAN JAM UP THE 911 SYSTEM."BAKERSFIELD POLICE SAID THEY HADFOUR ARSON INVESTIGATORPATROLLING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT,CITING SEVERAL PEOPLE,BUT SPECIFIC NUMBERS ARE NOTAVAILABLE YET.AS SOON AS WE GET THATINFORMATION -- WE'LL BRING IT TOYOU HERE AND ON OUR WEBSITE TURNTO 23 DOT COM.WE'RE STILL A