High fire risk prompts fireworks ban in Camas, Washougal

Officials in Camas and Washougal have banned the use of fireworks a week ahead of the Fourth of July holiday due to a high fire risk. 

“This was a very difficult decision to make, but in consideration of the elevated fire danger, it was deemed the only decision possible to ensure the safety of our neighborhoods, communities, and green spaces,” Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Nick Swinhart said in a news release issued Monday, June 28. “The threat of fireworks causing a fire in these extreme conditions is too high to allow the use of fireworks this July Fourth.”