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Accident at Iowa town's fireworks display hurts 37

Saturday, July 05, 2008 2:37:22 PM
By LUKE MEREDITH

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street into a crowd of spectators and injuring 37 people, officials said Saturday.

Most of the people treated after the Friday night accident in Charles City suffered minor injuries, city fire department spokesman Eric Whipple said.

It appears there was a misfire involving 13 racks of firework tubes during the finale of the city-sponsored show, Assistant Fire Chief Dave Beamer said Saturday.


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