News Item: S.L. County asks: Should fireworks be banned?
Days after fireworks were blamed for an apartment fire that forced tenants to jump from three-story windows, Salt Lake County's mayor wants feedback on the idea of a fireworks ban.
And social media users in the county of 1 million have started weighing in. As of Friday afternoon, 885 responses had filtered through, said Michelle Schmitt, spokeswoman for Mayor Ben McAdams. Seventy-five percent favored some kind of ban; 13 percent opposed and the remainder weren't sure or had other specific restrictions in mind.
