Sac Metro Fire, Deputies Join to Confiscate Illegal Fireworks

Sacramento County Sheriffs deputies along with Sac Metro fire investigators confiscated a little more than 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks in the region on the 4th.

"(Illegal fireworks) pretty much ran the gamut from everything from mortars to roman candles," said Capt. Bryan Thomson, with Sac Metro Fire. This year, a new dangerous variety of sparklers "three-foot" long were also in the mix, according to Thomson.

In Fair Oaks and Carmichael, a local deputy and a Sac Metro fire investigator led the sweeps in each area through the community between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. Thursday. 

While some citations were issued, Thomson explained investigators focused on finding illegal fireworks and not citations.

"Citing people takes longer and the whole mission is to take them off the street," he said.

Area investigators believe the crackdown likely scratched the surface of the number of illegal fireworks that hit the market.

"...There was probably an infinite number we just couldn’t get too," Thomson said.

The legal use "Safe and sane" fireworks (with the state's official fire marshal seal) in Fair Oaks and Carmichael expired today (July 6) at noon.

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