BUTTE COUNTY — In spite of a spike in fireworks complaints, Independence Day was fairly normal for Butte County law enforcement.
Cal Fire-Butte County’s public information officer Rick Carhart called Saturday’s holiday “quieter than some in the past but definitely a busier day than a typical non Fourth of July day.”
The department’s emergency command center received 131 calls throughout the day, nearly the same as last year’s 130 calls.
“That’s about twice as many as a typical day,” Carhart said. However, according to Carhart, the 57 fireworks complaint calls Saturday were down from last year’s 73.
Of those 57 complaints, approximately six warnings and one citation were given out.
Carhart added that at a certain point in the night, from about 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., calls began coming in about every 15 minutes, some within a span of a few minutes.
“They were coming fast and furious,” he said.
Except for a structure fire reported close to midnight, Chico police and the fire department also called the day “average.”
Chico Police Dispatch Supervisor Sheri Marshall said the dispatch had 461 total calls Saturday, and of those calls, 96 were related to fireworks.
“I’ve been here 32 years and that’s pretty typical,” Marshall said.
Started at the backyard of a home on Notre Dame Boulevard and Webster Drive, the structure fire was reportedly started by fireworks but could not be confirmed by Chico police before this newspaper’s deadline.
The fire, which was put out by 1:26 a.m. Sunday, damaged a gas line in the backyard.
The fireworks display normally held at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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