3 Dead in Fireworks explosion

[Cruelbreed]

OCRACOKE, N.C. -- A third worker has died after a fireworks truck exploded in a North Carolina town.Officials said the explosion happened on Ocracoke Island, near the south ferry terminal, Saturday at about 9:15 a.m.One worker died at the scene. A representative for a Chapel Hill burn center said a second worker died about six hours after the blast. Hyde County representative Jamie Tunnell said the worker died at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville late Saturday.
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Liz Hotchkiss
A truck carying fireworks on Ocracoke Island exploded Saturday morning. More (http://www.wyff4.com/news/19956957/detail.html)


Anchorage Marina dock master Robert Raborn said the explosion was heard across Ocracoke village. Raborn said he was 200 yards away and it looked like 40 minutes worth of fireworks went off in four seconds.Hyde County sheriff's deputies said five people working with the fireworks production were near the truck when the explosion happened. Tunnell said everyone who was hurt on Saturday worked for Melrose Pyrotechnics of Rock Hill, S.C.Authorities said no danger remains.Ocracoke's fireworks display was scheduled for Saturday at 9 p.m.According to the village's Web site, Ocracoke has about 800 permanent residents. The island does not have any roads connecting it to the mainland. The main way on and off the island is the ferry service operated by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

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[Cruelbreed]

I have to say Fireworks can be pretty freaking dangerous.

I remember when I was a kid we used to do FULL out street fireworks in Rosedale, Queens NY. It would get SO HECTIC. I can't even believe how many times I had some form of flying firework come straight for me. In fact I recall just a time when I ducked and dodged a firework going straight for my my head. The big party finally ended one summer when someone went up to a faulty firework and caught what seemed like a bottle rocket straight in the eye. Lets just say that eye is gone and the street was covered in blood, I was real young. Now public fireworks displays are outlawed in NY I believe as my father doesn't even sell them on the 4th. You have to have some form of a permit to purchase and display.

I came to this neighborhood in South Florida last year and my neighbor put on his annual show. Some kid on another block went out and blew off 3 of his fingers. I asked about the show this year and nothing went on so I went to the bayside mall.

[nastyleg]

damn that sucks