Given the state of recent weather forecasts, it may not rain on your Fourth of July plans, but those same dry conditions prompted Sarasota County fire officials to remind residents that a burn ban has been effect since mid-April, and it applies to the use of personal fireworks and sparklers.
“That is for the safety of everybody who is in the county to help prevent brushfires from getting started or getting worse. It helps us keep from having fires spread to things we don’t want to have problems with for the public,’’ said Philip Peickert, an assistant fire chief with Sarasota County.
He said if the fire department is alerted to the use of personal fireworks, crews will respond and put them out…