This is going to sound petty because it’s the 4th of July or whatever. But, there’s two major highways closed in my state due to forest fires that have jumped the road. There’s over 100 forest fires burning right now and almost 400,000 acres have burned as of today. People I know have been evacuated from their homes and are wondering if they’ll come back to a house at the end of the summer. The smoke in town is so thick that it looks like fog.
WHY are people launching fireworks right now?

I’ve been hearing them pop off every now and then throughout the night. I fear for how much there’s going to be tonight when the actual celebrations start. Hopefully that doesn’t mean MORE forest fires.
For reference this is just one of the many and it’s only 50 miles from town.
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