More than 20 fires broke out in the Bay Area on July 4 and many of them were sparked by illegal fireworks, firefighters said.
The Contra Costa Fire Protection District responded to at least 8 fires Thursday night, including one on Lotus Court, where residents were told to evacuate as flames climbed the hillsides. ConFire said that fireworks caused the first fire to spark on Heaton Court in Antioch around 9 p.m., burning about half an acre.By 10 p.m., ConFire was called to Casitas Court for a residential fire which crews were able to prevent from spreading to the home; fireworks were also the suspected cause.
Early Friday morning, Lyndsay Webb, who lives on Lotus Court, was cleaning up fireworks from the street.She said every July 4 people come to her neighborhood, even walking onto her driveway, to watch the skies as fireworks go off to celebrate Independence Day.Her herd dog alerted her to flames outside her house. "So, I go run and grab my hose just to water down the fence and grab my house," she said. " just grabbed my son, grabbed my dog and said, ‘OK, we gotta go.
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