There are some incredibly selfish individuals in our community who have no common sense.
Last weekend, for no apparent reasons, a mini fireworks show went off a few blocks from where I live on Scott Road, in North Delta. Twice the fireworks sent off in a span of a few minutes. Then stopped and started up again.
I, apparently, wasn’t the only one wondering why fireworks were being set off, as a number of North Delta residents posted in the North Delta Community Corner Facebook group asking the same question.
Apparently, more fireworks went off on Monday night somewhere in North Delta too.
In case you didn’t know this, fireworks are banned in the City of Delta. So how these residents thought that this was a good idea, or allowed, is beyond me.
There are also other possible impacts as open fires are banned everywhere in Delta. With the recent hot, dry spell, the fire danger rating in the community continues to climb, so that means the possibility of an errant flame from a careless firecracker or open fire could spark a major fire in an instant.
Obviously, those who chose to have their impromptu fireworks show they don’t know the rules, and likely don’t care, but I bet they would care if they were responsible for starting a major forest fire in our community.
Delta, it seems is not alone in this stupid behaviour as last Friday a group of 200-plus teens in Nanaimo started what could have been a major blaze in a popular forest/beach area during a summer party.
That blaze took firefighters more than six hours to knock down.
Government officials in Nanaimo are none too pleased and are planning a public awareness campaign to reinforce the fire dangers that are present.
Maybe Delta should do the same.
