As the Denver metro area heads into another hot, dry week, officials are reminding residents to be careful with fireworks, especially illegal ones.
One house fire in Denver, another in Littleton, and a third in unincorporated Douglas County are all believed by fire officials or neighbors and witnesses to be the result of fireworks misfires or improper disposal.
Douglas County authorities said they didn’t issue any citations over the holiday weekend, but they confiscated nearly 130 illegal fireworks. Jefferson County deputies reported nearly 400 fireworks-related calls and made two arrests, confiscating several pounds of fireworks…