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Thousands in Fireworks Stolen From Clovis Kids’ Group

By Clint Olivier

FRESNO - Matt Berry is the water polo coach at Clark Intermediate in Clovis.

The group is selling fireworks as a fundraiser for the first time this year.

Wednesday night, some thugs stole their inventory by breaking into this container.

"All the fireworks and shades and ice chests and lights, they took everything," berry said.

Berry values what was taken at about 4,500 dollars.

"Best case scenario somebody could be out there, wherever they store their fireworks," Chris Curtice said.

Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Curtice says his department took a report, and will work to find whoever stole the fireworks.

He says the days of being able to leave fireworks safely locked in an unattended storage container are over.

"Every year they're targets and every year somebody gets ripped off," Curtice said.

So Curtice recommends vendors either pick someone to stay overnight at the stand, or clean the stand out themselves.

That's what the folks at the Bread Upon The Waters stand do.

"What we do every night is pack everything in the boxes and we just take them home, take them home and just keep them locked up in the truck surrounded with our cars," Victor Antonio said.

And that's what the group from Clark Intermediate is doing for the two final nights before the holiday.

"The kids have a good attitude and we're just having to work a little bit harder and hopefully we're going to come out all right," Berry said.