The Salt Lake Tribune
PIUTE COUNTY, Utah — A fireworks explosion on Thursday hurt three people and set a Piute County town’s fire station ablaze.
Four people were preparing for a Days of ’47 fireworks show in Marysvale, a town a few miles north of Piute Reservoir, when static electricity caused one of the fireworks to explode in a volunteer firefighter’s hands, said councilwoman Ann Kennedy.
About 5:20 p.m., Kennedy heard the first explosion from the park where the celebration was getting started. That caught everyone’s attention. It’s difficult to relate the sound that followed, as 70 to 80 fireworks went off inside the metal fire house, she said.
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