Fireworks complaints increase exponentially over four-day period
The number of fireworks complaints in Memphis between June 18 and June 22 jumped from just eight complaints last year to 238 this year. Pictured above is the annual fireworks show at Bartlett Municipal Center in 2019. (Ziggy Mack/Daily Memphian file)
The number of fireworks complaints in Memphis between June 18 and June 22 jumped from just eight complaints last year to 238 this year.
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Yolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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