Illegal fireworks set off at least six small vegetation fires across Sonoma County over the Fourth of July weekend, officials said, forcing crews to ping-pong between neighborhoods and flooding emergency dispatch lines. Firefighters knocked down the blazes before they could spread. There were no reported injuries, and one person was cited for illegally discharging fireworks.
In Santa Rosa, firefighters snuffed out two grass fires before they gained any traction, according to The Press Democrat. One burned an area about 50-by-50 feet and the other roughly 30-by-30 feet. Both incidents stayed in the grass and were put out quickly, fire officials said.
Petaluma crews were just as busy, answering two vegetation fires near Hopper and Lakeville streets and another near Hidden Valley Drive. Investigators say aerial fireworks were likely to blame and officers reported confiscating illegal devices at one of the scenes, according to SFGATE. Firefighters contained those blazes before any homes were threatened…