Sacramento homeowner slapped with $100K fine after U-Haul trailer fireworks spectacle

A Northern California homeowner hosted a massive fireworks show on the Fourth of July with illegal explosives and is now facing an outrageous fine of $100,000.Sacramento fire officials said crews counted one illegal fireworks after another that went off at a gathering at a home in Del Paso Heights on Independence Day. “We had drones in the sky and crews traveling around town,” Captain Justin Sylvia with the Sacramento Fire Department told The California Post.“We watched them for quite a significant time.We sat there, watched and counted.”Sylvia said crews witnessed people at the home continuously unload the illegal explosives out of a U-Haul trailer.Video showed the aerial fireworks show,  as one explosion of colorful lights after another boomed in the sky in the neighborhood, with the kind of fireworks a person usually has to spend hours waiting to see after struggling to find a good seat to watch.Social media lit up with comments about the illegal display as well. “Del Paso Heights was lit up like Disneyland last night,” one person captioned their video on TikTok.

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‘the punishment shall not exceed the crime’ and there’s no victim or damages.100k is insane.

It’s not about safety, it’s about revenue,” a second person wrote about the fine.Many others wondered what kind of money a person would have to be able to purchase the amount of illegal explosives needed to set off so many.“An entire hour long, above professional level presentation, including firework colors we had never seen before,” a person wrote on Instagram.“I just kept wondering how they have MONEY like that.”A total of 70 citations have been issued so far in the city, totaling...