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- Severe drought across much of the United States has prompted many jurisdictions to ban personal fireworks for July 4, 2026.
- Utah Governor Spencer Cox expanded the personal-firework ban to all counties for the holiday weekend.
- Four Florida counties—Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota—remain under burn bans that forbid private fireworks and fine violators up to $500.
- Fairbanks, Alaska keeps its fireworks ban, while the surrounding borough permits limited consumer fireworks.
