One Williams Lake man was so happy to be home he decided it would be a good idea to set off some fireworks!
RCMP arrested an intoxicated man after getting tipped off that he was launching fireworks in the area of Carson Drive and Central Court.
The incident happened in the Early hours of Saturday. RCMP responded to the area and identified the suspect. Officers located several empty fireworks canisters on the man’s property.
The 34-year-old Williams Lake man later told police that he set the fireworks off in celebration of returning home after his evacuation.
Once the man sobered up after a night in jail he was given in excess of a thousand dollars worth of fines for allegedly dropping, releasing or mishandling a burning substance, as well as for failing to comply with high-risk activity restrictions under both the provincial BC Wildfire Act and its Regulations.