Hollister authorities confiscated more than 1,000 pounds of
fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend, according to a fire
captain. A large majority of the fireworks came from one Monica
Court home, where authorities seized two truckloads of the illegal
explosives.
HOLLISTER
Hollister authorities confiscated more than 1,000 pounds of fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend, according to a fire captain.
A large majority of the fireworks came from one Monica Court home, where authorities seized two truckloads of the illegal explosives. Even excluding that, however, another 119 pounds confiscated by firefighters throughout the city eclipsed last year’s total of 90 pounds, said HPD Capt. Mike O’Connor, the fire marshal. The total is expected to climb some more, too, because he has not received confiscated fireworks from law enforcement agencies.
O’Connor said he did not recall seeing as many fireworks shot into the sky on the Fourth this year as compared with prior years, but he noted how it helped that authorities were successful in enforcing culprits “earlier in the night.”
“If you get them early, you get more (fireworks) unfired,” he said.
He pointed out that most local residents finished shooting off their fireworks earlier than previous years as well, with most done by 11:30 p.m.
