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The rockets ' red glower wo n’t be quite as bright as usual in Colorado this year , thanks to a statewide fireworks proscription forbidding private use of pyrotechnics .

The ban , signed into effect by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on June 14 , is a response to the wildfires that have ripped through the state , combust hundreds of homes and kill at least three people . Hot weather condition and ironical conditions have exacerbated the fire danger in the state .

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Fireworks on the Fourth of July in Indianapolis, Ind.

Meanwhile , more than 30 cities and counties across the land are cancelling municipal firework displays . Jefferson County west of Denver has blackball all city fireworks , as has Adams County west of the city . Denver plans to go forward with its July 3 pyrotechnic showing .

Fort Collins , just a few miles fromthe High Park Firethat has burned more than 87,000 Akka , is among the cities that will shun firework in favor of lively euphony and other , less combustible , body process . The city of Boulder has also cancelled itsIndependence Day fireworksafter the Flagstaff flak combust 300 acres only 1.5 international nautical mile ( 2.4 kilometers ) from town . At least nine fireworks displays have been scrub in Colorado Springs , web site of the devastating Waldo Canyon fire that has ruin more than 300 homes .

Though some cities have determined that professionals can handle the hazard , fireworks are a known fire danger . According to the National Fire Protection Association , fireworks caused an gauge 15,500 reported ardour in 2010 . More than 1,000 of these fire touch homes or other building , while 300 damaged vehicles .

a firefighter wearing gear stands on a hill looking out at a large wildfire

Occasionally , fires commence by fireworks diffuse beyond the backyard . In 2009 , a 643 - acre fire in Auburn , Calif. , was attributed toteenagers arrange off bottle rocketsand cracker . And this year ’s still - burn Bear Trap 2 fervor near Ennis , Mont. , has been blamed on fireworks . That firing has cauterize 15,270 land .

A white streak of light in the night sky with purple auroras visible in the background

Colorful wisps of gas are visible against swirling green auroras in the night sky.

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A satellite photo of an island with a giant river of orange lava

Artist�s evidence-based depiction of the blast, which had the power of 1,000 Hiroshimas.

The "wildfires" in this image are actually Orion�s Flame Nebula and its surroundings captured in radio waves. The image was taken with the ESO-operated Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), located in Chile�s Atacama Desert.

High Park fire in the trees.

photo of the High Park Fire in Colorado taken June 10, 2012.

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The High Park Fire burning

Colorado�s High Park Fire

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A small phallic stalagmite is encircled by a 500-year-old bracelet carved from shell with Maya-like imagery

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an abstract illustration depicting the collision of subatomic particles