{"id":18386,"date":"2025-06-27T06:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T06:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18386\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T06:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T06:44:13","slug":"fire-officials-urge-safety-as-fireworks-stands-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18386\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire officials urge safety as fireworks stands open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; As fireworks stands open in Bexar County and surrounding areas in preparation for the Fourth of July, fire officials are urging residents to prioritize safety when using fireworks. <\/p>\n<p>Scott Moreland, Helotes Fire Chief, emphasized the importance of being cautious. &#8220;Be aware of what&#8217;s in the environment. You know, be aware of where you&#8217;re at. Be aware of what could happen if you fire a firework over a wooded area. There&#8217;s just so many variables with it. It&#8217;s just, fireworks burn extremely hot and if they touch something that&#8217;s dry or extremely combustible, it&#8217;s gonna catch fire,&#8221; said Moreland.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are reminded that it is illegal to set off fireworks within San Antonio city limits. Those who witness illegal fireworks can report them by calling the city&#8217;s non-emergency number.<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of the holiday, the H-E-B Fourth of July Celebration will take place at Woodlawn Lake. The event, which is free and open to the public, kicks off with fitness activities, including a Zumba class at 8 a.m. Live music, food booths, and a carnival will begin at 11 a.m. Attendees should note that no alcohol is sold or allowed on site. <\/p>\n<p>The festivities will culminate with a fireworks display and the Google Fiber Patriotic Drone Show at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; As fireworks stands open in Bexar County and surrounding areas in preparation for the Fourth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,7288,6561,5864,10202,17537,17536,8152,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,17538],"class_list":{"0":"post-18386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bexar-county","10":"tag-celebration","11":"tag-fireworks","12":"tag-fourth-of-july","13":"tag-helotes-fire-chief","14":"tag-illegal","15":"tag-safety","16":"tag-san-antonio","17":"tag-sanantonio","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-woodlawn-lake"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114753979751800162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}