Fire danger over the Fourth of July holiday doused the scheduled fireworks display in Haines and cost local pyrotechnician Phil Wilde up to $20,000 in lost profit.
On June 27, the Alaska Department of Public Safety instituted a burn ban in much of the state, including suspending the sale and use of fireworks, due to persistent warm, dry weather.
Wilde, who sells fireworks year-round from his stand WildeFire Pyrotechnics at 27 Mile Haines Highway, said…
