fireworks tents are packing up and moving out tonight. they've been evicted from the parking lots where vendors hoped to stay in business through the 4th of july. stuart dyson is live at ceral and atrisco. this tent is still in business - but many of its brothers are homeless tonight - their landlords - walmart and albertson's - have given em the boot. heartburn for fireworks vendors - taking down the tent at montgomery and san mateo - albertson's supermarkets giving them the eviction notice just one day after taking fireworks off their own store shelves - walmart doing the same - new mexico's governor and albuquerque's mayor applying the pressure - many tents going bye bye. " you know new mexico is going up in flames here and we've got like sleazy slot owners all over town selling fireworks - you know - there's a fire danger out here that is beyond anything that i have ever seen!" " i didn't think it was such a big deal to buy them - but i mean to obviously like light them and use them is pretty dangerous." " we're having so many fires i don't want the whole state to burn down - so i guess it's good." fireworks tents are still up at some smith's supermarkets - and some smaller businesses and vacant lots around town - local leaders vowing to keep the pressure on. " i know it's unfortunate for these folks - because they've invested a lot of money - it's tough - it is - but i would just hope that many of them would just shut down." here's a tent at walmart on carlisle - just starting to pack up this evening - by tomorrow they'll be gone. a couple of vendors i talked to off-camera tonight say it's painful to shut down - but they're relieved at the same time - because they've been taking a lot of heat for staying painful to shut down - but they're relieved at the same time - because they've been taking a lot of heat for staying open - on 98th street stuart dyson k- o-b eyewitness news 4. we told you yesterday about a state lawmaker trying to give authorities more power to ban fireworks sales. representative al park's bill would give local and state leaders the power to ban fireworks during times of high fire danger. but one vendor thinks it could pretty much shut down fireworks operators here for good. i think it's going to be really hard for people who are vendors specifically to invest that kind of money on a chance that literally on the third they could be closed down. governor martinez hopes to put the bill on the agenda for an upcoming redistricting session this year.
