LITTLETON - Several people reported hearing fireworks going off just before a brush fire broke out in Littleton late Sunday evening, according to a Tweet from the Littleton Fire Department.
The fire burned a small area along the Highline Canal Trail south of County Line Road and west of Lucent Boulevard.
No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported, the fire department said in a Tweet.
While the cause of the fire is under investigation, the department said neighbors reported fireworks going off just before the fire started.
All personal fireworks are illegal in Littleton, including sparklers, according to the city's website.
Due to the dry conditions, stage 2 fire restrictions have been enacted in unincorporated Jefferson County. That means the sale and use of all fireworks are prohibited in the county also.
The following is prohibited during a stage 2 Fire Ban:
- Building, maintaining, attending or using any fire.
- No recreational fires, including recreational campfires.
- Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area of at least six feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all combustible material. (2015 IFC 320.8)
- Open Burning including “bonfires” that require a permit from the fire authority having jurisdiction, will not be allowed during this ban. (2015 IFC 105.6.30)
- The SALE, USE and POSSESSION of ALL fireworks
- Shooting tracer rounds or explosive type targets.
- Operating a chainsaw without a USDA or SAE approved spark arresting device properly installed and in proper working order, and having an extinguishing source, water, pressurized water extinguisher, or a proper chemical pressurized extinguisher, large enough to handle nearby hazards, and possessing at least one large size pointed shovel with an overall length of at least thirty-six inches. All must be readily available for quick use.
- Welding and cutting torch appliances, as described above in the definition section, shall only be operated within an area that is barren or cleared of all combustible material at least 30 feet in all directions from the operating equipment. (2015 IFC 308.1.6) This operation may only be done during a declared “Fire Ban” upon receiving a permit from the Fire Authority having jurisdiction over the operating location. (2015 IFC 105.6.31)
- Use of an explosive initiation system requiring a burning fuse line
