Fireworks: What's legal and what's not
A display of illegal fireworks. Safety officials are most concerned about fireworks that explode or shoot into the air. Those kinds of fireworks are illegal in Minnesota.
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Since 2002, it has been legal in Minnesota for the general public to buy fireworks, but only those that don't explode or lift off the ground. But it's quite easy to buy those types of fireworks in other states and bring them into Minnesota. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Chief Deputy Minnesota State Fire Marshall Bob Dahm about enforcement of fireworks laws.
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