By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

The sale and discharge of fireworks will be allowed in rural Ellis County — at least for now.

At Monday night’s county commission meeting the commission approved a resolution allowing people to light off fireworks from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 2 through July 4.

The resolution adopts the same dates and times as the city of Hays.

The commission will revisit the issue again at its final meeting in June.

Rural Fire Director Darin Myers said he supports people’s right to celebrate the country’s independence, but he said there are people who do not care about other people and those are the people he is concerned about.

He also said it is difficult to predict what the conditions will be like in the next 30 days.

“The weather is predicted to be a little bit at average or below between now and then,” Myers said. “I’m just concerned is something does happen out in the county, it could be up to 30- or 40-minute response in some areas.”

The commission is also taking the same approach with the burn ban.

As long as the wet conditions continue, the county will allow outdoor burning and fireworks, but if the conditions change it could ban both.