Illegal fireworks apparently aren’t just for the Fourth of July. According to Manteca Fire Marshal Lantz Rey, last week the city issued a citation for somebody who was using illegal aerial fireworks through the city’s enhanced “social host” ordinance that allows first responders to issue citations to homeowners where illegal fireworks are observed. The citation carries a $750 fine plus saddles the violator with what costs the city incurs issuing the citation and processing it through an administrative hearing.While such instances in the middle of October are rare, Rey said that the upcoming New Year’s holiday is historically when bottle rockets and mortars find their way outside, and noted that the enhanced ability to go after violators has made it easier to punish those who are observed breaking the law.