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Wednesday, July 02, 2003
posted by gbarto at 3:18 PM:
At Least Four Killed in Fireworks BlastTractor-trailer explodes in fireball at beach park near Fort Myers, Fla.
Explosion Levels Two Del. Homes
About 10 injured in Wilmington blast; crews work to shut off gas, electricity
The second story is terribly sad and we send our sympathies. The first is still under review, as we haven't decided whether to label it "senseless tragedy" or "news of the idiotic." Fireworks, like most things designed to go boom, go boom sooner or later. One prefers that it be later but if they aren't handled properly and under the proper conditions, such a happy state of affairs doesn't always obtain. It is not yet known why the fireworks in the trailer started going off, just that it's hard to stop when something like that starts. Was it a case of careless unloading; was it too hot; or was there an imperfectly made firework just waiting to go bing! The repercussions are serious in any case: one doesn't like to argue one ships a safe product and can't help the potentially negligeant incompetence of the delivery people; nor does one like to claim that they make a great product and deliver it well and the occasional death is the price you pay for an inherently unstable amusement. If it was a defective rocket, however, one must vacillate between horror and gratitude: imagine if the truck had blown in rush hour traffic.
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