Fireworks blast kills four in Florida

INVESTIGATORS were keeping their distance yesterday from the site of a fireworks blast that killed four people, worried not all of the $20,000 worth of explosives had detonated.

Workers were transferring the fireworks from one truck to another at 2.10pm on Wednesday when a series of powerful blasts erupted, shooting colourful flames into the sky and shaking the ground. Two other workers were injured.

“It just all happened at once,” said Kevin McKenzie, who was mowing grass near the truck. “Immediately it was all the fireworks going off with all the colours and the flames.”