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Despite drought, Florida declines to enact July 4 fireworks ban
TALLAHASSEE -- On Tuesday, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said Florida will not impose a fireworks ban for Independence Day, despite 2,440 wildfires occurring across the state since
TALLAHASSEE — On Tuesday, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said Florida will not impose a fireworks ban for Independence Day, despite 2,440 wildfires occurring across the state since the start of the year.
“The past six months have been one of the state’s busiest fire seasons in recent memory, and though recent rains have helped rein in drought conditions, the risk of wildfire still exists in Florida and needs to be taken seriously,” Simpson said in a released statement.
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