The Fourth of July is right around the corner, but before you light off those fireworks, there are laws you need to follow.
According to the City of Erie Police Department, you should be hard pressed to find somewhere where it is legal to set them off.
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You must be 150 feet away from any structure or building. If you are on private property, you must have permission from the owner.
It’s not only a safety issue but a fire issue; many of the houses are close together, so the fireworks get on the roofs and start fires.
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“Unfortunitelly people setting off fire works often ties up emergency medical services, they tie up the police and fire becasue we are going to these calls and a lot of the times they register, people belie that they are gunshots and they are not people are starting small fires so they are tying up all these services,” said Rick Lorah, Deputy Chief of Erie Police…