Illegal fireworks are once again lighting up the Bay Area skies on this 4thofJuly SKY7 video shows fireworks across neighborhoods, where sparks big and small, are going off from every direction.
So far, we've seen illegal fireworks in cities including San Francisco, Oakland and Union City.
ABC7 News spoke with Steve Hill from the Contra Costa Fire Department to see how they've prepared for these type of events."They're dangerous in terms of the injuries they create. Every year unfortunately we've already had some injuries in Contra Costa this year as a result of fireworks," Hill said.If you're on the ABC7 News app,
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