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TWO COMMUNITIES IN DARKE COUNTY, OHIO, ARE celebrating Independence Day without their expected fireworks displays.  Earlier this week the Ohio State Fire Marshal office, acting on a tip, seized 2 tons of commercial fireworks from a pyrotechnician that had planned on putting on the public displays in Greenville and Ansonia.

The rockets were confiscated because they were not stored in an approved area (they were in a truck and a storage unit) and the vendor did not have the required permits to put on a display.  State law requires all contraband fireworks and explosives to be destroyed, so they will not be returned to the owner.

WDTN-TV Ch.2, Dayton has the video report:

Posted by on July 4, 2009 • Filed under: crime
  • FireGears

    Soooo, Let me get this straight…

    A taxpayer funded Fire Marshal is going to destroy the taxpayer funded
    fireworks due to a mistake beyond the taxpayers’ control..

    How about looking for a “Win-Win” solution…

    A HEAVY ($$$$) FINE for the contractor and
    “destroy” the fireworks with the scheduled fireworks show.

    Then the taxpayers could say,
    “WOW.!!! What a Fire Department.!!!
    They kept us safe WITHOUT punishing US.!!!!”

    Just a thought….

  • FireGears

    Soooo, Let me get this straight…

    A taxpayer funded Fire Marshal is going to destroy the taxpayer funded
    fireworks due to a mistake beyond the taxpayers’ control..

    How about looking for a “Win-Win” solution…

    A HEAVY ($$$$) FINE for the contractor and
    “destroy” the fireworks with the scheduled fireworks show.

    Then the taxpayers could say,
    “WOW.!!! What a Fire Department.!!!
    They kept us safe WITHOUT punishing US.!!!!”

    Just a thought….

  • Matt

    Amen to that, FireGears.

  • Matt

    Amen to that, FireGears.

  • firegeezer

    Watch the video. The fireworks display was being paid for by a local Eagles Lodge. I’d be willing to bet that the fireworks are owned by the pyrotechnics firm. Whoever pays them is paying for a “fireworks display.” No display, no pay. The fireworks firm will have to eat the cost.

  • firegeezer

    Watch the video. The fireworks display was being paid for by a local Eagles Lodge. I’d be willing to bet that the fireworks are owned by the pyrotechnics firm. Whoever pays them is paying for a “fireworks display.” No display, no pay. The fireworks firm will have to eat the cost.

  • ED

    So, what’s the problem. Follow the law, get the permits, and everything is OK.

  • ED

    So, what’s the problem. Follow the law, get the permits, and everything is OK.