A new report lists Idaho and Washington in the top ten most dangerous states to celebrate the Independence Day holiday.
Analysts with security website asecurelife.com listed Idaho as the second most dangerous state due to high numbers of acres burned by wildfires and impaired driving deaths cited in reports from national fire and traffic safety bureaus.
Washington is listed as the fourth most dangerous state. Analysts say Washington was a “bit of an outlier” due to its low risk of impaired driving deaths, but its high risks for fires kept it in the top half of the most dangerous states. Oregon also made the list at Number 8.
Last year, the Idaho Attorney General’s office released an opinion outlawing aerial fireworks in the state. The opinion closed a loophole that allowed the sale of aerial fireworks if the purchaser signed an agreement saying he or she would not set them off inside state limits.
The Washington Fire Marshal’s office released a report about fires caused by fireworks last year. In 2017, 63 wild land and vegetation fires accounted for 76 percent of all fireworks-related fires reported to the State Fire Marshal’s Office – resulting in over $8,600 in property loss and damages. (KREM)
ASecureLife.com report:
https://www.asecurelife.com/safest-dangerous-states-fourth-of-july/
