Reports of fireworks in Abilene city limits down from 2021
The Abilene Police Department received fewer fireworks-related calls during this year's Fourth of July holiday than last year.
Between 9 p.m. Friday through Monday night, residents could report fireworks set off within the city limits to a hotline, which allowed 911 to remain open for emergency calls.
Fireworks calls totaled 3,409 between Friday and Monday, police said, compared to 3,773 for a comparable three-day period in 2021.
The July 4, 2021, holiday that fell on a Sunday in 2021 saw 1,134 calls about fireworks. The number was 1,056 on Monday this year.
Police did not release a total number of illegal fireworks citations issued. But in a police report Tuesday morning was a listing of one fireworks citation issued about 11 p.m. Monday to a man in the 500 block of Butternut Street.
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Laura Gutschke is a general assignment reporter and food columnist and manages online content for the Reporter-News. If you appreciate locally driven news, you can support local journalists with a digital subscription to ReporterNews.com.
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