I, for one, can’t think of a better way to celebrate anything than shooting fireworks into the sky. Promotion? Fireworks. Getting married? Fireworks. Just had a baby? Fireworks. Caught a Zapdos in Pokemon Go? Fireworks. Hate your neighbors? Fireworks. I could go on and on, but you get my point.
Fireworks, fireworks, fireworks. So, I find a hard time blaming anyone for wanting to light up the night sky with beautiful colors and booming noises, despite how annoying it is to everyone else around you. But, that said, maybe you should be a little more considerate if you’re launching literal fire into your surroundings when people are worried about wildfires…
Courtesy of Daily Hive Vancouver:
A BC man has been arrested and fined for setting off fireworks shortly after returning to his home in Williams Lake, which had been under evacuation from the threat of wildfires.
Oh, it was just a “threat” of wildfires – see, people! This isn’t as bad as it sounds. Is this an appropriate time to shout #FakeNews? I feel like I’ve read just enough of this story to proclaim #FakeNews: one sentence. I mean, sure the threat was dire enough for them to evacuate the entire town. But, do we really know that there was ever actually a wildfire?
That’s probably what old boy was thinking – “Hell yeah, I get to come home! Time to fire up the Roman candles!” It’s what any of us would do. Hell, I lit fireworks from the passenger seat of Poppa Bear‘s truck on the way home from Chattanooga.
No, I-24 from Chattanooga to Nashville is not currently under a wildfire warning, but there were some areas that definitely looked a little dry.
“The 34-year-old Williams Lake man later told police that he set the fireworks off in celebration of returning home after his evacuation,” said Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, Communications Officer for the BC RCMP in Williams Lake, in a statement.
“It is careless acts such as this that have the real potential to trigger even more interface wildfires in the area.”
Sounds like Jesse O’Donaghey is real fed up with shit like this. I wonder how many calls like this he responds to that aren’t reported?
The man spent the night in police custody to sober up, and he has since been released with over $1,000 of fines for allegedly dropping, releasing or mishandling a burning substance, as well as for failing to comply with high-risk activity restrictions under both the BC Wildfire Act and its regulations.
See, people – we shouldn’t rush to judge this guy. He said he was sorry, I’m sure. But, for those of you thinking of doing the same, you better be willing to spend $1,000 on it. Now, you know the precise cost of your actions.
RCMP wish to thank those astute members of the community who called in the complaint, had this man’s actions been overlooked the outcome could have been dire for the entire community,added O’Donaghey.
Does anyone know where “Nature Boy” was on August 5th, because this sounds like the work of only the most notorious fun police on the planet?
Oh, and yeah – don’t be a dumbass. Don’t start wildfires.
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