Fireworks stands begin opening in Pueblo County

fireworks stands are beginning to pop up in pueblo county… but whether you’ll be able to buy em and light em… is still up in the air. big top fireworks opens early every year … to make sure all of its employees are ready for the independence day season. owner, john musso says he watches the weather closely… because his business depends on it. he hopes to see more moisture in the forecast… because no bans are in place in pueblo county… and he wants to keep it that way… “if sheriff taylor or the chief out here was to say something than we would of course tell the customers that come in, we’d tell them, you know, what’s happening in the city and the county.” just a reminder, lighting fireworks is illegal until the fourth of july in pueblo city limits. fireworks are also illegal in colorado springs. anyone caught faces a fine up to 25-hundred- dollars… or 189 days in jail. this includes using them, selling them, or even just possessing them. fire captain steve wilch says the