If you plan to shoot off fireworks in Wichita this year, you better make sure they’re legal.
If not, you could face a $250 fine from the city.
“This year, we are serious about making sure that people adhere to our policies and write tickets,” Mayor Jeff Longwell said Thursday. “In the past, we’ve had those tickets as high as $2,500. I know firemen that have worked for the city for 30 years and have never written a $2,500 ticket, so we’ve dropped that to $250, because we will write $250 tickets and we will enforce that.”
Firework sales start next Wednesday, and Longwell said most fireworks bought in Wichita have been checked and should be legal. Even if they were bought legally in other cities in the area, only fireworks tested and approved by the Wichita Fire Department are allowed.
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