Before you light the wick on Independence Day ... Regulations regarding the use of personal fireworks have been an up and down road over the past few decades, where the days of sending the kids off to ...

COURTESY STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT Approximately 24 tons of fireworks were seized in a shipping container by the Illegal Fireworks Task Force in February 2023. The seizure consisted of ...

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The number of fireworks-related injuries increased in 2024, according to a new report from the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory released last week. The report says there ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Department of Law Enforcement’s Statewide Illegal Fireworks Task Force has released updates on recent enforcement actions aimed at curbing the use and distribution of illegal ...

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