Officials threaten to arrest those violating Portland fireworks ban [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Fire & Rescue officials made it clear during a public press conference on June 24 that local fire investigators intend to issue hefty fines and potentially arrest those violating the City of Portland’s firework ban on the Fourth of July.

PF&R Fire Marshall Chief Kari Schimel said Monday that the city’s ban was enacted in 2022 in response to two firework-related disasters that occurred in Multnomah County. A firework was determined to have caused the Eagle Creek Fire, which burned 48,000 acres of land along the Columbia River Gorge in 2017. In July of 2021, three people died after fireworks set a Portland apartment complex on fire.

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PF&R Senior Fire Investigator Jason Andersen said Monday that an increased number of fire investigators will be patrolling the city for illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July. …