The San Francisco Fire Department was busy on the Fourth of July, and responded to 829 calls with nearly half of those likely the result of illegal fireworks, officials said.
There were a total of 398 fire-related calls that required the department's attention, and Baxter said nearly all of those were associated with fireworks. There were 247 fire calls, 67 outside fires and 82 wildland fires, the department posted on Twitter.that flooded the southern part of the city with smoke.
"Some of these [illegal] almost professional-grade fireworks were exploding 50 feet off ground level, and that’s where we saw things like grass fires starting," Baxter said."Decks caught on fire."SFFD
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