Utah Bans Fireworks Amid Wildfire Crisis

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 27, 2026 · 1m

Utah’s Fourth of July just got a lot quieter as the State Forester bans personal fireworks statewide amid extreme wildfire danger — a move made possible by a state of emergency declared to combat raging fires, including one suspected to be sparked by illegal fireworks that forced evacuations. While Governor Cox couldn’t directly ban fireworks statewide under existing laws, the emergency order gives the Forester the authority to shut them down across the board — except for a few communities with supervised zones, most of which, including Salt Lake County, are going full ban. With drought…