Terrebonne officials enforcing fireworks ordinance due to multiple fires

ANNUAL FLORIDA LEE DROP IN JACKSON SQUARE, FOLLOWED BY THAT MASSIVE FIREWORKS SHOW OVER THE RIVER. AND SPEAKING OF FIREWORKS, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE DOING YOUR OWN KIND OF SHOWS AT HOME. WDSU METEOROLOGIST SCOTT PELLEY HERE WITH THE AREAS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED, WHAT CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE A FIRE TO SPREAD? YEAH, GUYS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS PRETTY INTERESTING. YOU SEE THIS MAP BEHIND ME? THIS IS WHERE WE'VE HAD ACTIVE FIRES OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS. AND I KNOW MY FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING FROM THE BAYOU PARISHES, HOUMA THIBODAUX. LIKE SCOTT, WE'VE SMELLED THE SMOKE IN THE AIR. AND MY QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU IS, GUYS, DO YOU KNOW THE THREE FACTORS THAT GO INTO IGNITING A FIRE, TOSSING A MATCH? OKAY, WAIT, YOU'RE ON TO SOMETHING HERE. THERE ARE THREE THINGS. IT'S CALLED THE FUEL TRIANGLE. RIGHT. SO YOU NEED THREE INGREDIENTS. THE FIRST ONE IS PRETTY OBVIOUS. YOU NEED FUEL. AND BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, THE GRASSES, THE SHRUBS AND OUR MARSHES, THEY'RE VERY DRY. HENCE WHY WE HAD MULTIPLE FIRES. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE SECOND ONE IS? YOU GET OKAY. JEANNE IS AHEAD OF THE GAME. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. THIS IS A TREND. YOU'VE BEEN AHEAD OF THE GAME WITH MULTIPLE OF THESE? YES. SHE SHE READ THE CLIFF NOTES. YOU NEED A HEAT SOURCE. SO BONFIRES OR, YOU KNOW, FIREWORKS, RIGHT? ANY LITTLE SPARK CAN IGNITE NEW FIRES. THE LAST ONE IS OXYGEN. NOW, HERE'S THE KEY. THANKFULLY, WIND SPEEDS HAVE RELAXED. AND THAT MEANS THAT ANY FIRES THAT DO LIGHT WOULDN'T SPREAD AS QUICKLY. I AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT MY HOUSE, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS AROUND NOON BECAUSE ALL FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN CERTAIN SPOTS. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE SO CLOSELY DENSE WITH THE DRY CONDITIONS. WE DON'T WANT ANY HOUSE FIRES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN EITHER. THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS SAY AS MUCH AS 200FT AWAY FROM HOUSES. YOU MENTIONED IT. WE'VE ONLY HAD A TRACE OF RAIN, AND THE BAYOU PARISHES IS WHERE WE'VE HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RAIN ALL DECEMBER. SO PLEASE BE SAFE. KEEP THE DISTANCE AWAY FROM HOUSES. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TOO. JUST TO POINT THIS OUT, IF YOU DO LIGHT THEM, STICK THEM IN WATER TOO. YES, EVERYTHING EVEN EVEN A WHAT'S THE LITTLE THING THAT KIDS HOLD? SPARKLERS. SPARKLERS? YES. EVEN SPARKLERS. JUST STICK THEM IN WATER. YEAH, STICK THEM IN WATER. AND WE FORGET THAT OUR TRASH HAS SO MAN