Those wanting to bring in the New Year with fireworks in Iowa will have a harder time finding them than they did over the 4th of July.
State Fire Marshal Dan Wood says there are no temporary locations this time around. "The only places that can sell fireworks are the permanent locations, meaning the permanent buildings. So, no tents are allowed during this sales period."
Wood says that those wanting fireworks have a number of options. "For this sales period here in December and January we have around twenty that we know of right now."
This is the second fireworks sales period since the state started allowing private firework use, and Wood is reminding everyone to put safety first. "We just ask everybody do it in a safe manner, just like they did in June and July there. You know, we still had some incidents, but just ask everybody to do it safely."
Sales started Sunday and run through January 3rd.