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Las Vegas gets fired up for July 4th with fireworks, fun — PHOTOS

It was pretty hot outside but Southern Nevada celebrated the Fourth of July with firework shows and special events on Thursday.

— Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade featured new floats, along with three popular floats from the past: “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Visions of Candyland” and “Ferris Bueller’s Independence Day Off.”

Boulder City held its 76th annual Damboree celebration for Independence Day, highlighted by a pancake breakfast and a water gun fight.

— At Lake Las Vegas, a fireworks display lit up the area in partnership with the City of Henderson’s Fourth of July celebration.

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