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There will be no statewide ban on fireworks this Fourth of July weekend. Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam told reporters today there has been enough rain to make a case for the explosives, although county bans will likely stay in place.

“Given the good rains that we have had in the last week I do not anticipate a statewide burn ban order coming from this office,” said Putnam.

The number of wildfires has dropped by about half from a week ago when more than four hundred fires burned through the state.