BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 The Reading Police Department responded to 69 incidents involving illegal fireworks during Fourth of July weekend, according to a release.<\/p>\n
During a dedicated enforcement detail, police confiscated “a significant quanity” of illegal fireworks and other items. This includes: <\/p>\n
Approximately 60 prepackaged fireworks display boxesApproximately 25 pounds of 3-inch mortar shellsApproximately 5 pounds of 2-inch mortar shellsApproximately 2 pounds of linked firecrackersApproximately 40 bottle rockets and Roman candles<\/p>\n
Police also responded to a small fire that started after a firework was fired at a vacant building, the release said. <\/p>\n
Reading has an ordinance that prohibits the use of fireworks within the city, except for permitted displays. <\/p>\n
“Keeping our residents safe is one of our highest priorities,” Mayor Eddie Mor\u00e1n said. “Illegal fireworks put lives, homes, businesses, and neighborhoods at risk. Every year, our Police and Fire Departments work tirelessly to enforce our ordinance, respond to emergencies, and help prevent tragedies before they happen. I want to thank all of our first responders for their professionalism and dedication to protecting our community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 The Reading Police Department responded to 69 incidents involving illegal fireworks during Fourth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-239739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}