Five people working on Independence Day fireworks shows were killed by explosions, four of them by a single blast that rocked Ocracoke, N.C., a remote village on the Outer Banks.
The fifth died after an explosion at a fireworks show in Pennsylvania, police said.
In another holiday accident, a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Indiana as fans were leaving a fireworks show, injuring 25 people. Authorities said Sunday the crowd had overloaded the bridge.
The blast at Ocracoke came as workers were unloading fireworks Saturday from a truck at the Anchorage Marina, shaking homes and businesses across the southern end of Ocracoke Island and rattling residents and tourists.
Earl Woodham, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said agents determined the cause was accidental.
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WHY (anonymous) says…
See what this story shows us. Bridges are five times more dangerous than fireworks.
gr (anonymous) says…
Ban bridges!