1 killed, 3 firefighters injured in Lenoir County, North Carolina fireworks explosion

A civilian was killed and multiple firefighters were injured Friday during a response to a brush fire in La Grange that resulted in an explosion.
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Transcript: WEEKEND PLANS. PLUS THE SUMMER HEAT MOVING IN. WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT OUT OF LENOIR COUNTY WHERE A BRUSH FIRE HAS TURNED TRAGIC. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M LENA TILLETT. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND 3 OTHERS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER COMMERCIAL FIREWORKS DETONATED CAUSING AN EXPLOSION ON A SMALL FARM. WRAL'S ERIC MILLER HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE. HE JOINS US WITH AN INTERVIEW YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON WRAL. ERIC. LATER, THE SMOKE AND THE SUN HAS SET OUTSIDE OF LA GRANGE. BUT THE SMOKE IS STILL RISING. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HERE BEHIND ME. DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS. WE REMAIN HERE ON SCENE. THOSE FIREFIGHTERS DEALING NOT ONLY WITH HOT SPOTS WITH UNEXPLODED FIREWORKS, SCATTERED ACROSS THE SMOLDERING FIELDS. FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND NEIGHBORS ALIKE IN UNPRECEDENTED SCENE IN LENOIR COUNTY. BUT THE EXPLOSION WAS MASSIVE. WHAT STARTED AS A CONTROLLED BURN IN A HAYFIELD QUICKLY GETTING OUT OF HAND I TRIED THIS. ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW, OUT THE SHOTS, MICHAEL MOORE, SO IT ALL UNFOLD FROM THE SEAT OF HIS CAR. THIS PLAQUE AND WRECK ALL THE REMAINS OF A PILE OF HAY BATES INTO SHIPPING CONTAINERS FILLED WITH COMMERCIAL FIREWORKS. THAT WAS THIS EXPLOSION THAT SHOT. I KNOW FOR 6 ABOUT SAY 6, 700 FEET IN THE AIR. FIRE OFFICIALS SAYING THAT EXPLOSION INJURED 3 FIREFIGHTERS, ONE CRITICALLY AND KILLED SOMEONE WHO WORKED ON THIS FOR THEY'RE TRYING TO ATTACK THE FIRES QUICK AS THEY COULD TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE CONTAINER. UNFORTUNATELY. IT JUST GOT TOO HOT BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THAT ATTACK. FIRE OFFICIALS CONFIRM THIS WAS A LICENSED FIREWORKS OPERATION. WE'LL BE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THOSE FIREWORKS WERE STORED PROPERLY AND WHAT CAUSED THE DEADLY BLAST LOOMING UNTIL INVESTIGATION. BUT WE'RE SAYING CONTAINER JUST GOT SO HOT THAT THE CONTENTS WITHIN JUST DETONATED ON A SCIENTIST. WELL, THAT INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO START LIFE IN EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES ON WITH THE FBI. THE ATF IS WELL NOW WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN THE NAMES OF THOSE INJURED AND ONE PERSON KILLED OUT HERE. BUT WE DO KNOW THE PERSON FEEL BETTER PERSON WHO WORKED ON THIS FARM. THEY WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE CLAIMING A BILLS OUT OF THE WAY WHEN THIS EXPLOSION HAPPENED. WE KNOW JUST TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE SITUATION. WHAT A TRAGEDY THERE IN LENOIR COUNTY. ERIC MILLER REPORTING LIVE. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL CERTAINLY CHECK BACK

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