Bayfront Brush Fire Sparked by Fireworks in Seaside Park

A brush fire on the bayfront in Seaside Park, Nov. 23, 2023. (Photo: SSPPD)

Seaside Park police said a firework was likely to have been the cause of a brush fire that broke out on the bayfront Nov. 23.

Police and the Seaside Park Volunteer Fire Company were called to the area of Island Avenue and Bayview for a report of a brush fire on the bayfront, police said. When officers arrived, they observed smoke and flames from the tall grass along the bayfront.

A brush fire on the bayfront in Seaside Park, Nov. 23, 2023. (Photo: SSPPD)

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The fire covered approximately 20-feet and was extinguished without incident by the fire department.

A “spent firework” was located and was deemed the cause of the fire, police said.