{"id":373770,"date":"2026-06-25T00:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373770\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T00:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:32:10","slug":"chat-with-the-chief-fresno-fire-chief-billy-alcorn-on-firework-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373770\/","title":{"rendered":"Chat with the Chief: Fresno Fire Chief Billy Alcorn on firework safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, June 24, 2026 10:43PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Chat with the Chief: Fresno Fire Chief Billy Alcorn on firework safety\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Firework stands are popping up across the Valley and will soon start selling ahead of the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Even the smallest firecracker or sparkler can cause serious damage if not handled carefully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Fresno Fire Chief Billy Alcorn joined us to discuss fire risk and the kind of enforcement surrounding the holiday weekend.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, June 24, 2026 10:43PM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Firework stands are popping up across the Valley and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[151511,131206,71445,4035,112,18350,114,113,294],"class_list":["post-373770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-151511","tag-billy-alcorn","tag-chat-with-the-chief","tag-fireworks","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-fire-department","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}