A Northern California homeowner hosted a massive fireworks show on the Fourth of July with illegal explosives and is now facing an outrageous fine of $100,000.

Sacramento fire officials said crews counted one illegal fireworks after another that went off at a gathering at a home in Del Paso Heights on Independence Day. 

“We had drones in the sky and crews traveling around town,” Captain Justin Sylvia with the Sacramento Fire Department told The California Post.

“We watched them for quite a significant time. We sat there, watched and counted.”

Sylvia said crews witnessed people at the home continuously unload the illegal explosives out of a U-Haul trailer.

Video showed the aerial fireworks show,  as one explosion of colorful lights after another boomed in the sky in the neighborhood, with the kind of fireworks a person usually has to spend hours waiting to see after struggling to find a good seat to watch.

Social media lit up with comments about the illegal display as well. 

“Del Paso Heights was lit up like Disneyland last night,” one person captioned their video on TikTok.

“That’s cruel and unusual punishment.. ‘the punishment shall not exceed the crime’ and there’s no victim or damages. 100k is insane. It’s not about safety, it’s about revenue,” a second person wrote about the fine.

Many others wondered what kind of money a person would have to be able to purchase the amount of illegal explosives needed to set off so many.

“An entire hour long, above professional level presentation, including firework colors we had never seen before,” a person wrote on Instagram.

“I just kept wondering how they have MONEY like that.”

A total of 70 citations have been issued so far in the city, totaling a minimum of $300,000 in fines, and it’s just from the Fourth of July, officials said.

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Sylvia said he expects those numbers to increase, as this doesn’t count all the citations for illegal fireworks on July 2 and 3rd that were set off in the city.

In Sacramento, the first fine for illegal fireworks is $1,000, the second is $2,500, and the third is $5,000.

Every fine after that is issued for $5,000. In addition, there’s a $10,000 fine if the explosives are used around schools, parks or critical infrastructure.

Sylvia’s message to the community, “Don’t use illegal fireworks.”

He also said patrols from the sky will increase next year, going from two drones to four.