Independence Day is this Saturday, but some people are getting a head start on their celebrations with their fireworks. City leaders across the nation are receiving complaints — including in Paducah.
Paducah Deputy Chief of Fire Prevention Greg Cherry said for weeks people have been setting them off.
"The city has received lots of complaints about fireworks being shot off, and it is illegal to be discharging fireworks inside the city limits," said Cherry. He said most of the people doing it are minors. You must be 18 years old to buy fireworks in Kentucky. Paducah Police Assistant Chief Anthony Copeland said officers responded to a car fire after someone threw a lit firework into a car, igniting other fireworks that were inside the vehicle.
Police have received 80 complaints in one week.