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Snyder Firefighters Kept Busy with Fireworks Calls

By: Snyder Daily News
Updated: July 5, 2012
Fireworks kept the Snyder Fire Department hopping on the Fourth of July, with three blazes started thanks to smoke bombs and firecrackers.

The first fire started at 3:22 p.m. at 4203 College Ave. Two trucks and 14 firefighters responded and extinguished the small grass fire, which was started by a smoke bomb.

At 10:30 p.m., fireworks were the cause of a small grass fire at 1066 N. College Ave. Three trucks and 18 firefighters responded.

At 1:22 a.m. today, three trucks and 16 firefighters responded to a storage building fire at 3717 Rose Circle, also ignited by fireworks.

The building was a total loss and the fence and two storage buildings on adjacent properties were damaged.

Scurry County continues to be under a burn ban.

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