VPFD releases Fourth of July safety tips

(Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by Ville Platte Fire Chief Chris Soileau.) The Ville Platte Fire Department would like to wish you and your families a safe Independence Day weekend! Fireworks sales have begun and will continue until July 4. Discharge hours inside the corporate limits are as follows: June 27 - July 3rd from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.; and on July 4 from 9 a.m. - 1 a.m. Firework…