Tucson Fire Department responded to 177 calls—including 95 fire-related calls—between 7 p.m. on the Fourth of July and 7 a.m. the following morning.
From Saturday evening to Sunday morning TFD responded to:
- Fire, nature unknown: 35
- Dumpster/refuse: 22
- Vegetation or brush fires: 17
- House fires (apartments, mobile, house (one-story): 3
- Grill/propane tank fire: 1
- Outdoor fire (tree, pole, fence): 8
- Other fires (car): 2.
Tucson Fire Chief Sharon McDonough says many of the weekend’s fires started the same way.
“Fireworks. A little dry spark just catches a dry piece of brush and then that takes off,” she said…