Fires and fireworks: The numbers are telling, but just what do they tell?

By Jeff Finley, Deseret News

Published: Sunday, July 29 2012 5:12 p.m. MDT

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Utah’s wildfire season is half over and the count is in: Number of wildfires, 603. The number caused by fireworks, one.

"Things have kind of dropped out of the spotlight for wildfire but it doesn't take very long to get things back in the same situation we were in a month ago," Curry said. "We are having wildfires but the conditions aren't such that they'll spread rapidly and erratically the way they were in mid to late June."

Curry said that as plants dry out over the next five to seven days fire conditions are going to get a little bit more dangerous.

"As we have the ignitions that we typically have, be it natural or human caused, we are going to have more active fire and therefore a little higher chance of some of those fires getting to be unmanageable before initial attack is able to get a handle on them," he said.

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Go Big Blue!!!

Bountiful, UT

I've been lighting fireworks for over 40 years without injury or any fire damage. This year I could not use fireworks simply because my address is east of Orchard Drive. My yard and my neighbors' yards are just as green as those West of More..

8:18 a.m. July 30, 2012
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My2Cents

Taylorsville, UT

Just as everyone knew from the past and history of bear fires in this state. Not only were fireworks not a problem, neither were sport shooting in the wild.

People have more common sense than the governor gave them credit for and his More..

5:22 a.m. July 30, 2012
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Brave Sir Robin

San Diego, CA

Ban fireworks anyway. Not because they're dangerous, but because they disturb the peace.

If a neighbor is having a party at 10:30, blasting music and yelling and screaming, most of you will call the cops right away. So why is it OK More..

9:26 a.m. July 30, 2012
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