A small fire sparked by illegal fireworks threatened a home in Antioch. It was just one of dozens that Contra Costa County crews responded to over the weekend. Nei Trotter said she was injured in one of those fires.
But there are some people who are still using them.
“Tonight, we have all of our investigators. We ve called them back. They re all working tonight and we have upstaffed extra personnel. We have a task force we ve put together,” said Fire Marshal Chris Bachman with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Earlier on Saturday, fire crews were called out to respond to a small fire that s suspected to have been started by fireworks.
The Contra Costa Fire Protection District has actually had extra staff on patrol for several days now leading up to this holiday weekend.
The task force includes local police agencies that are also out on patrol and can write citations for people setting off fireworks.