Pollution
Humain
Environnement
Economique

At a fireworks plant, five individuals were assembling fireworks for the pyrotechnic show as part of a city celebration. At 9:55 am, a very violent blast occurred, followed by two others and then an intense fire, fanned by strong winds.

Emergency response teams arrived on the scene and successfully evacuated a seriously injured employee, transporting him to hospital. The company director, his son and 2 employees died during the explosion. Fire-fighters, assisted by local law enforcement officers and volunteer fire-fighters, extinguished the blaze by the beginning of the afternoon.

The plant was destroyed. Two hypotheses were forwarded to explain the cause of this explosion: a short-circuit, or a burning cigarette ash carried by the wind.