Ocracoke Explosion

At approximately 9:15 a.m. on the morning of July 4, 2009, a fireworks truck exploded on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. One person died and another four were injured in the blast.http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/49925577.html

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. It was reported that those people involved in the blast were employees of Melrose Pyrotechnics, who were allegedly setting up fireworks for the island's Independence Day fireworks show.http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/49925577.html http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jI7Rqs9lVPLaElrwZUNSWAgSEn7AD997Q7I00