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New Mexico Allowed Firework Types (2026)

Conditional: New Mexico allows ground and handheld sparkling devices (fountains, ground spinners, sparklers, torches, wheels) plus certain aerials (Roman candles, mines, shells, helicopters, missile and stick rockets) and ground audible (firecrackers, chasers), though cities may ban the aerial and ground-audible categories, especially in drought.

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New Mexico allows ground and handheld sparkling devices (fountains, ground spinners, sparklers, torches, wheels) plus certain aerials (Roman candles, mines, shells, helicopters, missile and stick rockets) and ground audible (firecrackers, chasers), though cities may ban the aerial and ground-audible categories, especially in drought.

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