The Fort Worth Fire Department is standing behind its response protocol after a deadly Independence Day holiday.
The department responded to hundreds of calls during a 24-hour period. During one call, a 19-year-old died of fireworks burns.
The fire department released a snapshot of its work on July Fourth. And despite some complaints voiced, it is standing by its response protocol and how each incident was handled.
"Our companies were very busy,” said Mike Drivdahl with Fort Worth Fire. “We had several high priority calls that went out that night.”
The city's fire department says they had one death of a teenager who was fatally injured by fireworks in the southeast side neighborhood. There were also four significant trauma events, 26 assault, gunshot or stab wounds and five structure fires. That includes a vacant house on Rosedale Street that went up in flames on the holiday.