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Last night of legal fireworks in Vancouver sees half a million dollars in damage

Vancouver Fire Rescue Service received around 400 fire-related calls this Oct. 31
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Legal fireworks went out with a bang on Saturday night, according to Vancouver Fire Rescue Services.

Halloween was nearly three times as busy for fire crews, who responded to around 400 fire-related calls in the city within a 24-hour timespan on Oct. 31.

Assistant chief Dave Wallack explained a typical volume for fire crews is 100 calls per day.

“It was three times as busy for us,” Wallack explained to Vancouver Is Awesome in a phone interview.

Out of the approximately 400 calls for service, the assistant chief said 40 were confirmed fires.

Crews put out blazes everywhere, including in laneways and inside a motorhome.

This Halloween, Wallack said fires caused a combined total of $450,000 in damage.

Many of them were thought to have been the result of residents celebrating the last legal night of fireworks in the City of Vancouver.

On Sunday, Nov. 1 the selling and possession of fireworks was made illegal.