Explosion of fireworks at Ocean City Beach

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Fireworks exploded Sunday morning on Ocean City Beach, injuring an employee who was preparing for Fourth of July festivities, and several videos were released of the explosion at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Video obtained by 11 News courtesy of Jelly Jane, who was on the beach, shows the explosion. According to Ocean City Police, the Ocean City Fire Department was alerted to a car fire on Dorchester Boulevard and the beach. No cars were burned, however, there was an unintended launch of fireworks that were being held on the beach for the city’s fireworks display. Police said an employee of the fireworks company sustained minor injuries and refused to take him to a hospital. “No patrons were injured on the beach or boardwalk,” Police Ritchie Powers, chief of the Ocean City Fire Department, said in a statement posted to Facebook. “Before the fireworks are loaded from the vehicle, fire guards secure a safe area around the fireworks and put other safety protocols in place. It is this area and safety protocols that have prevented anyone else being injured.” To get fireworks at two locations on Sunday. City firefighters conduct safety inspections at each of the fireworks sites. The cause of the fireworks was not immediately known, and a perimeter has been set up around the fireworks site and will remain in place until safety inspections are completed, which could take several days. Boardwalk areas are also closed to pedestrian traffic until a comprehensive safety check is completed. Due to an abundance of caution, all fireworks displays in Ocean City have been cancelled. The Maryland Fire Marshal tweeted that it was “watching a fireworks explosion in OCMaryland. The Office of Ocean City Fire Marshals is the lead agency and will investigate the incident.” This report will be updated.

Ocean City, Maryland –

Fireworks exploded Sunday morning on Ocean City Beach, injuring an employee who was preparing for Fourth of July festivities.

Several videos of the explosion were posted around 10:30 on Sunday morning. A video clip obtained by News11 courtesy of Jelly Jane, who was on the beach, shows the explosion.

According to Ocean City Police, the Ocean City Fire Department was alerted to a car fire on Dorchester Street and the beach.

“Firefighters arrived to find that no cars were on fire, but an unintended launch of fireworks that were being held on the beach for the town’s fireworks display,” police said.

Police said a fireworks company employee sustained minor injuries and refused to take him to hospital. Police said no shepherds were hurt on the beach or boardwalk.

“Our firefighters are on site and will investigate the cause of the unintended discharge,” Ocean City Fire Chief Richie Powers said in a statement posted to Facebook. “Before the fireworks are loaded from the vehicle, fire guards secure a safe area around the fireworks and put other safety protocols in place. It is this area and safety protocols that have prevented anyone else being injured.”

Ocean City was planning to hold fireworks at two locations on Sunday. City firefighters conduct safety inspections at each of the fireworks sites. The cause of the fireworks explosion was not immediately known.

A perimeter has been created around the fireworks site and will remain in place until safety inspections are completed, which could take several days. Boardwalk areas have also been closed to pedestrian traffic until a comprehensive safety check is completed.

Due to an abundance of caution, all fireworks displays in Ocean City have been cancelled.

Maryland Fire Marshals tweeted that they are “watching the fireworks explosion at @OCMaryland. The Ocean City Fire Marshals office is the lead agency and will investigate the incident.”

This report will be updated.

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