Well last night West Michigan saw two
separate accidents involving fireworks.
One of those an organized firews
display in Elegant and Other
resulting in the death of a 43 r
old woman with several others h.
Authorities have not yet released the
identity of the woman who was killed.
They say she is from Holland.
Our team coverage begins this afternoon
with 13 On Your Side's Trevor Gonzalez,
who was in Park Township following the story.
A community cleaning up after a pre 4th
of July celebration turned deadly. Having
a good time celebrating and then like that. A
spokesperson with the Ottawa
County Sheriff's Office says its
just after 11:00 PM Monday whena
firework explosion killed a 43 r
old woman and injured nine othe.
There was caution tape and we
didn't know what happened.
Neighbors saying there
was a series of booms and
explosions from multiple homes,
but the final blast from here?
Was different. You
just heard one real loud one.
And then after that there
was nothing like all silence.
Everything stopped the last one.
The other one sounded like the stuff you buy,
but that last one was just loud.
The explosion deputies say,
also causing damage to nearby homes and cars,
along with beer bottles and can.
Debris from the fireworks
littered much of the area.
A neighborhood St.
once filled with lights
in the sky, now quiet.
Sorry for the person.
All the people who were injured,
that was Trevier Gonzalez repor.
Due to the holiday,
we were not able to get any
additional information from the
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office.
Those nine who were sent to the
hospital at last check ranged
from serious 2 minor injuries,
A firework show, an Allegan turd
into what some are calling mass
hysteria after a firework went f
into the crowd causing injuries.
13 On Your Side Josh Albertus is
live in Allegan near where that
firework went off with details
of what he's learned. Josh
Well, that event happening just
along Kalamazoo River next to m.
Here pontoon boats were on the
river shooting off those firewo.
Now the city of Allegan says it
partnered with Wolverine firewos
display to put on this event.
Videos from those who were there
last night shows a chaotic scen.
The woman who took one of those
photos told a videos rather
told us after what happened.
She doesn't.
Doesn't know if she'll return going forward.
I am actually very traumatized you can
say because I mean I'm used to m
being far away like them coming over on
the other side of the Verge shooting up.
And I mean there's maybe a couple bulls
for the grand finale like right there,
but they were never as close
as they were the shooter.
And I I don't know if I plan on going
back and that that's my hometow.
So it's it's very tragic.
In a statement released this morning,
the city saying quote during
the fireworks display,
a firework cake from the proxime
show unintentionally landed
in a crowd located to the east
of one of the pontoon boats.
This resulted in a handful of minor injuries,
all but one of which was treated
at the site of the incident.
They go on to say our thoughts d
prayers are with all of those who are
affected by this unintentional incident.
Now we also did speak with us of
one of the mothers who says ther
daughter was one of those injured they.
Not want to go on camera,
but coming up at 6:00 we will sk
to more parents who were with h,
here with their children last nt
when those fireworks went off.
Coming to you live from Allegan County.
Josh Albertus, 13 on your side.
Hi Josh. Thanks for that.
Safety will certainly be top of
mind for the remaining fireworks
displays planned for this eveni.
Now just a few hours away,
13 on your side's Micah Cho is e
in Muskegon with more on how they are
keeping the community safe. Mic.
Charlie and Juliet, when you have this
much firework and you can see cs
behind me getting set up for tonight,
you have to make sure that peope
are far away from the setup.
I mean look at how big this are.
You can see all these racks are
secured in place and all this wg
that that red and yellow wiring
here is checked and double chec.
Michael Falk, account manager
with Pyrotechnical Fireworks,
told me that this show will
last around a 22 minutes,
even seeing the size of this ar.
I mean, we're in the middle of a
driveway off of Lakeshore Drive and the
Muskegon Police Department is mg
sure that no one can really get back here.
Falk also told me that if someone does
break their 300 foot perimeter tonight,
they will pause the show until
that person is safely escorted
away from the fireworks site.
Although tonight's show is timed out and
can be operated safely by a computer,
Fog explained to me how seriously they take
firework safety when doing these shows.
A lot of training.
It's working with people to make
sure everything is done exactly
the same way across all the
different crews that we have.
We've got about 15 crews,
so we can do 15 crews per night.
And the goal is that if you lood
on any one of these different s,
you would see it all being set
up consistently exactly the sam.
Giving me my own shows, and
Falk also told me that they'll
continue doing fireworks shows
across the state almost every wk
this summer until football seas.
And these downtown Muskegon fireworks
will start at around ten 20s tonight.
For now, live in Muskegon,
Micah Cho, 13 on your side.