Don’t try to buy Fourth of July fireworks online
Jun 11, 2012, 12:01 PM | Updated: 1:10 pm
The Washington State Fire Marshal's Office is warning people not to buy fireworks over the internet. (AP Photo/file)
(AP Photo/file)
Just about everything can be purchased online these days, but the Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office is warning people not to buy fireworks over the internet.
It is illegal for people without a license to purchase fireworks online in the state of Washington, and Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Don Johnson says shipping companies won’t even deliver them without the proper license.
“Every year we get phone calls from transportation companies that are shipping fireworks to people who purchased them over the internet,” says Johnson. “By law they can’t deliver them unless you have a fireworks license.”
Licensed fireworks stands in Washington will begin sales of fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday beginning on June 28.
