Commissioners in fire-scorched Ware County have voted to ban fireworks this summer.
Officials are always cautious when summer comes around and residents start buying Fourth of July fireworks. This year, however, some retailers have put them out early for Memorial Day.
And of course, the drought and record-settings fires in Southeast Georgia have made officials even more cautious.
The Georgia Forestry Commission has sent 30-second spots to 2-hundred Georgia radio stations urging Georgians to be extra cautious with cigarette butts and grills this weekend. The agency says, even the limited fireworks that are legal under Georgia law are too dangerous when it's this dry.
Georgia bans most fireworks, but sparklers and other items that don't explode or shoot flames are allowed. Ware County is the first to ban fireworks in the wake of the recent wildfires. The ban applies for 30-days and was proposed by a county commissioner who's also a volunteer fire-fighter.
Officials are always cautious when summer comes around and residents start buying Fourth of July fireworks. This year, however, some retailers have put them out early for Memorial Day.
And of course, the drought and record-settings fires in Southeast Georgia have made officials even more cautious.
The Georgia Forestry Commission has sent 30-second spots to 2-hundred Georgia radio stations urging Georgians to be extra cautious with cigarette butts and grills this weekend. The agency says, even the limited fireworks that are legal under Georgia law are too dangerous when it's this dry.
Georgia bans most fireworks, but sparklers and other items that don't explode or shoot flames are allowed. Ware County is the first to ban fireworks in the wake of the recent wildfires. The ban applies for 30-days and was proposed by a county commissioner who's also a volunteer fire-fighter.
