Posted 2:28 PM 7/5/2012 : Missoula police, fire flooded with 140 fireworks calls
MISSOULA- Missoula Police and the city fire department were flooded with calls on the Fourth of July reporting illegal fireworks.
From the South Hills to the Pleasant View Subdivision, to the Rattlesnake, the two officers and two firefighters assigned to fireworks patrols couldn't keep up.