Fire Marshal Chris Lopez said recent heavy rainfall means the county will allow fireworks headed into the holidays.
Fire Marshal Chris Lopez told commissioners he’d planned to once again ask for a ban to be in effect through the holidays, but the county no longer has the authority to do so because of all the“We had been at a level with the drought index that we had a burn ban in place,” Lopez said. “Because of the rain that we got this past weekend … it has lowered the drought index where we no longer can keep the burn ban imposed.
The use of fireworks is prohibited in San Antonio but allowed outside of city limits. Lopez said permits will be given for professional fireworks displays in unincorporated parts of the county. The county will also give permits for the sale of certain types of fireworks that had been restricted during the burn ban.
“It was some bad news for them that we were going to request the restriction,” he said. “I’m sure that once they get this news, they’re going to be pretty happy.”“Basically we just need to rescind the burn ban until we get back up to a level where we can come back to you and then request another,” he told commissioners.
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