Fireworks explosions kills four in US
A tractor-trailer loaded with fireworks exploded into flames at a Florida beach park, killing at least four people and injuring two.
The fireworks had been intended for July 4 celebrations tomorrow to mark Independence Day, a national holiday in the US.
“It just all happened at once,” said Kevin McKenzie, who was mowing grass about 300 feet from the truck when the explosion occurred at Bonita Springs yesterday.
“Immediately it was all the fireworks going off with all the colours and the flames.”
The explosion shot flames and fireworks from the truck and also spawned some small brush fires.
There was no immediate word on what caused the blast.
Bonita Springs Councilman Wayne Edsall said the blast happened as workers unloaded the truck.
“Its a major black fire right now with rolling black smoke going across the skyway,” McKenzie told the Naples Daily News.
Mary Mike Dearden, a nearby beach club employee, said she felt the earth shake.
Guests at the resort saw smoke and heard explosions from the park, less than a mile from the resort building.
“At the front desk we heard the explosion starting like a clap of thunder and then it kept rolling,” she said.
The fireworks were from Sunset Fireworks, of Missouri.
