{"id":678726,"date":"2026-05-19T02:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/678726\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T02:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:27:08","slug":"brampton-chinguacousy-park-closed-due-to-use-of-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/678726\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton Chinguacousy Park closed due to use of fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Brampton closed a large park in Bramalea on Monday night due to \u201clarge, unsafe gatherings and use of fireworks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a post on X, Peel police said Chinguacousy Park, located in the area of Queen Street East and Bramalea Road, is closed effective immediately and until further notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAll individuals in the park are to leave the area,\u201d police said, adding that officers are clearing the park and conducting enforcement.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PARK CLOSURE: <\/p>\n<p>-The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityBrampton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@CityBrampton<\/a> has closed Chinguacousy Park due to large, unsafe gatherings and use of fireworks. <br \/>-Effective immediately, park is closed. <br \/>-All individuals in the park are to leave the area. <br \/>-Park will remain closed until further notice. <br \/>-Police on scene\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeelPolice\/status\/2056520640887165033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers in green reflective vests were seen forming a line near the park\u2019s petting zone and slowly walking forward, trying to disperse the crowd that had gathered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Exploding fireworks could be heard in the park, prompting people to run away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Peel police spokesperson Tyler Bell-Morena said no arrests had been made, but a \u201cfew people\u201d were removed from the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police cruisers, marked and unmarked, were stationed at each park entrance and were seen preventing vehicles from entering. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Brampton residents are not allowed to set off personal fireworks, including on Victoria Day.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brampton closed a large park in Bramalea on Monday night due to \u201clarge, unsafe gatherings and use of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[712,51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-678726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-apple-news","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}