2 West Valley City homeowners were awakened early Sunday to their homes on fire caused by what they say were illegal fireworks.
WEST VALLEY CITY — A large fire that burned three properties on Copperhill Drive broke out Saturday evening."I heard them going off, but we hear them all the time," homeowner Steve Hogan said. " night was a little more than usual.""He said, 'Your backyard's on fire,'" Hogan recalled. "Luckily, I had come out with a hose and kept it off the shed."
Hogan said the fireworks were set off at a property that sits behind his, across the canal separating the two houses. Hogan's next-door neighbor, Sara Dennis, was awoken by another neighbor, Emily Davis, who spotted the flames.
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