The Wenatchee City Council is considering a ban on fireworks following last summer's devastating wildfires.
"It's a real sense of loss," said Suellen Harris, whose Wenatchee home was among dozens destroyed when the Sleepy Hollow Fire ripped through Chelan County last June.
"I'm used to this being a sheltering place and now it's like an artifact," said Harris.
Harris said embers from the fire set a tree on fire outside her Horselake Road home then spread to a kitchen window. Her entire home was destroyed.
"So, it was really the flying embers, which is why I am so opposed to fireworks now in both the city and the county because we've become a tinder box over here," Harris said. "People don't realize what a few embers can do."
Even though investigators say the Sleepy Hollow Fire was caused by arson, the City of Wenatchee is now considering a ban on the possession, sale, and use of fireworks.