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Article: Whittier-area officials get tough on illegal fireworks
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- Whittier Daily News
- Article date:
- June 26, 2006
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The approach of Independence Day has Santa Fe Springs Fire
Marshall Bil Murphy worried.
Already, a local consortium of fire departments has confiscated
12,000 pounds of fireworks discovered at a trucking company in
Montebello.
"Confiscating 20,000 pounds of illegal fireworks is a slow year in
our area," said Murphy, who along with dozens of other fire personnel
will be working late shifts from now through July 5.
"Last year, we confiscated two 48-foot cargo containers and one 24-
foot container" filled with illegal fireworks, he said.
Each Fourth of July holiday, Murphy works with local fire
departments to crack down on illegal fireworks in Santa Fe Springs,
Montebello, La Habra ...