Crews battled multiple house fires on the Fourth of July

It's been a busy holiday week for fire officials across Hillsborough County. Crews responded to seven house fires caused by fireworks, an uptick compared to years past. "It was absolutely unbelievable. Pretty scary to watch," Tanya Ryder Mcculloch said.

[@edwardroche2480]

If you're going to launch fireworks or if your neighbors are launching fireworks, break out your garden hose and make sure you can spray your roof. Just in case . Don't launch them in residential areas they should have places where people can all go at the same time and launch their fireworks safely. Fireworks are notoriously unpredictable.

[@chazman4461]

When you have a population that does not care this is the result. You can ban stuff all you want. When people do not care they will do whatever they feel like regaurdless of laws and regulation.