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having to deal with all the cleanup. some told us that last night looked like a war zone. many were expecting the worst — but thankfully there were no major incidents. abc-7’s darren hunt spent the day in montana vista… the day after all these streets were blocked off to protect residents and their belongings. he picks up the story: . it would help if they would bring a trash bag and take their trash with them because people don’t go in the city and leave the trash in front of their homes you know or in the street.” “there were fights and there wa underage drinking, there was a lot of that that did go on.” sergio apodaca and county judge veronica escobar agreed there were problems, but things could have been worse the first time july 4th fireworks were allowed since 2011. “we had more law enforcemen presence than ever before … we even had dps troopers … there were fires and they were caused by fireworks.” chief roland glidden of the told me they responded to 11 calls sunday and 24 on the fourth, a lot fewer than the estimated 200 in years past. “it was a three day weekend s it was stretched, so it wasn’t concentrated on just the fourth of july so that may be why the 4th was not as chaotic as it had been in the prior years … but the flip side of that was there was garbage three days in a row.” “how long is this going to take to clean up?” “this will take us about thre days.” xceed crews along with the graffitti removal crew, which got help from probationers and prisoners, spent all day cleaning up the mess … and got some help from these teenagers. “we were here for a few hours last night and this morning we’re coming to clean up all the trash.” “i commend them for doing tha and everybody is welcome to come out here and cleanup.” escobar said the final numbers on the cost to the county for allowing fireworks for the first time in five years won’t be available for a couple of weeks. from friday to monday… the el paso fire department