San Mateo County officials hope the buyback program can help eliminate the temptation of lighting illegal fireworks, which can quickly spark fires.
Ahead of this year's Fourth of July, people can get a cash reward for turning in illegal fireworks in San Mateo County.Ahead of this year's Fourth of July, people can get a cash reward for turning in illegal fireworks.Sergeant Javier Acosta said fireworks are illegal in San Mateo County except in San Bruno and Pacifica.People who turn in illegal fireworks can do so anonymously, no questions asked.
The sheriff's office called it a 'resounding success' with the collection of 400 pounds of illegal fireworks and explosives. "We know that they're out there, we know that the illegal fireworks are out there and people acquire them through questionable means online or traveling over state boarders sometimes they've had the for years back to a time when they were legal," Motta said."I've worked at a number of stations in the county and up on Skyline Boulevard in particular - we'd respond to three, four fires a year from people setting off bottle rockets, roman candles - things like that.
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