PITTSBURGH — Two weeks from Wednesday, Pennsylvanians will celebrate the Fourth of July with a bang.
But local leaders have new concerns because of the state's updated fireworks law.
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Fireworks send 10,000 people to the hospital each year; roughly half of those cases occur in the first week of July.
Now that consumer grade fireworks are legal in Pennsylvania, first responders are preparing for a busy Fourth of July.
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