Fireworks fight breaks out near Toronto's Christie Pits

Residents in the Christie Pits area are voicing concern after a wild fireworks fight erupted in their neighbourhood on Victoria Day, with young people shooting off fireworks across Bloor Street as cars and pedestrians passed by.

Residents in the Christie Pits area are voicing concern after a wild fireworks fight erupted in their neighbourhood on Victoria Day, with young people shooting off fireworks across Bloor Street as cars and pedestrians passed by.

One woman who spoke to CP24 said she was trying to sleep when she heard loud bangs from her home.

"It was bad," Francillia St. Marie told CP24.

She said the quiet of the sleepy Victoria Day long weekend was broken by loud bangs which sounded like they were close by. She then looked out her window and saw smoke and fireworks.

"So what I saw was a bunch of like teenagers and kids just running up and down Bloor kind of shooting fireworks at each other and also people walking by," she said.

She said she first heard the bangs around 9 p.m. and when she left for work an hour later, it was still happening.

"It was kind of sad to see that that was going on because it makes you feel unsafe," St. Marie said.