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<\/p>\nCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 Before lighting the fuse of fireworks, law enforcement is reminding people of the law and the risks of fireworks. <\/p>\n
Senior Reporter Emily Young has the do’s and donts:<\/p>\n
Florida Fireworks<\/p>\n
In Florida, fireworks are illegal without special permission for most of the year. <\/p>\n
\u201cFlorida statute allows us to use fireworks on three days with no permit \u2014 Fourth of July, New Year\u2019s Eve, and New Year\u2019s Day,\u201d said Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno.<\/p>\n
Fireworks such as roman candles, bottle rockets, and mortars \u2014 any device that launches into the air and explodes \u2014 are legal only on those approved dates. Outside of those days, using them without a permit can result in fines or enforcement action.<\/p>\n
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FOX 4<\/p>\n
Law enforcement also stresses that large, professional-grade fireworks remain illegal for public use, regardless of the date.<\/p>\n
Fort Myers Police Chief Jason Fields encourages you to report unsafe or illegal fireworks activity. If you witness someone setting off fireworks outside the permitted dates or staging an illegal display, police ask that you gather as much information as possible \u2014 including photos or video \u2014 and report it to authorities.<\/p>\n
Chief Fields also issued a critical safety reminder \u2014 a situation he’s seen before. <\/p>\n
\u201cDo not shoot your guns up in the air,\u201d Fields said. \u201cWhat goes up must come down, and we don\u2019t want anyone to get injured.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additional safety tips include placing used fireworks in water to prevent accidental fires. You’re also urged to check whether your neighborhood or county is under a burn ban, which may prohibit fireworks altogether.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement said following the law and taking basic precautions can help ensure everyone rings in the New Year safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 Before lighting the fuse of fireworks, law enforcement is reminding people of the law…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,48309,264,52650,52652,53221,266,38505,42452,115],"class_list":{"0":"post-101705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-fireworks","12":"tag-fox-4","13":"tag-illegal-fireworks","14":"tag-independence-day","15":"tag-july-4th","16":"tag-local-news","17":"tag-new-years-day","18":"tag-new-years-eve","19":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}