VIDEO: With the 4th of July only a few days away, the Fond du Lac Fire Rescue team is urging people to be careful with fireworks this holiday weekend.
To show the dangers of fireworks, the team blew up various fruits with legal and illegal fireworks that can be purchased in town. The experiment is designed to show what could happen if you’re careless around fireworks.
“It’s easy to get desensitized to firework safety. We hear it every year. It never could happen to me, it never could happen around here. But we know it does,” Peter O’Leary, the fire chief with the Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue team said.
Fireworks are illegal in the state except for those that don’t leave the ground, including smoke bombs, noisemakers, and sparklers. Without a permit, you can receive a $376 citation.