- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox issued a statewide fireworks ban through July 5 due to dire wildfire conditions, allowing cities to designate authorized areas for fireworks.
Citing dire wildfire conditions across the state, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox last week sent a strong message of caution to Utahns when he issued an executive order enacting a statewide fireworks ban through July 5.
The order set a sweeping “default” ban that prohibited personal fireworks across the state, “but every mayor with every fire warden in the state can decide where fireworks are OK,” the governor said, encouraging cities to designate areas where their residents could light off fireworks safely in their communities.
The order temporarily suspended a law that blocks the state forester from banning fireworks within city boundaries. In Utah, local leaders have had the option to ban fireworks in certain areas, but the Utah Legislature has blocked them from enacting a blanket, citywide ban…