Nearly 3,000 fireworks-related calls were made in Bexar County during New Year’s Eve and the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, officials said Thursday.
According to the Bexar County Public Information Office, Fire Dispatch answered 1,610 emergency/911 calls and 1,360 calls were made to the non-emergency line or fireworks hotline. Those calls resulted in 87 documented, fireworks-related incidents.Bexar County Fire Marshal investigators on Dec. 31 investigated a report of a medical burn in the 9800 block of South WW White Road. A minor accidentally ran into a metal fire pit filled with burning wood.
Bexar County Fire Marshal investigators on Jan. 1 responded to a structure fire in the 6800 block of Cape Meadow Drive. Converse Fire Department personnel advised that there was damage to an exterior wall of the residence. The investigation revealed a v-shaped fire pattern and the melted remnants of a trash bin where used fireworks were found. The trash bin actually belonged to a neighbor of the affected residence.
The Fire Marshal’s Office also conducted inspections of 211 fireworks stands, with the following citations issued:
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