Fire officials in Surrey and Vancouver reported fewer fireworks-related incidents this Halloween, citing stiffer penalties, bans and weather in the regions as possible reasons. 

Surrey Fire Service Chief Larry Thomas said there were four or five fireworks-related fires in the city on Thursday, down from about 20 on Halloween last year. 

He attributed the decrease to a couple of factors. 

"Weather, I would think definitely would play a factor and all the attention on the increased fines hopefully h…