Spencer Cox: “We've had the ability at the local level to ban fireworks in…”

“This year is different. It's different than any other year that any of us have experienced. I just wanted to put this into a little bit of perspective. We've had the ability at the local level to ban fireworks in certain areas where it's called the wildland urban interface. So places like this, right, is a place where we could ban fireworks, but we couldn't do it in other areas. Unfortunately, almost everywhere is now a dry wildland urban interface.” (16:04–16:15)

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