Fire Critic An Unadulterated View of the Fire Service
Two more people died from the fireworks explosion we reported yesterday. The original report is here.You can read more about the third and fourth victims who died at the hospital due to injuries sustained in the explosion here. One more remains injured.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has determined that the explosion was accidental, a bureau spokesman said Sunday.
The blast occurred at approximately 9 a.m. in the parking lot of the Ocracoke campus of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, near the island’s South Ferry Terminal. Officials weren’t sure what caused the load to ignite, said Hyde County Manager Carl Classen.
