This is just another report refuting California OES statistics. Grass Valley is hiding from the problem. Claims that fireworks sold in Grass Valley do not cause fires in rural Nevada County are simply unbelievable!
FEMA: fireworks cause 23200 fires + 9300 injuries / year
An estimated 23,200 fireworks fires in 2002 caused approximately $35 million in property loss and almost 60 percent of those fires occur during the month of July around the Independence Day holiday, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Children under age 15 suffered 45 percent of the 9,300 injuries from fireworks. See the FEMA report here
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