‘Rockets Red Glare’ and ‘Bombs Bursting In Air’ Holds New Meaning For One South Carolina Town

Residents of one South Carolina town got an early and unscheduled fireworks show on the Fourth of July after multiple fireworks storage containers went up in flames just after dawn.

Fox 46 tweeted video of the fire:

MASSIVE FIREWORKS FIRE: Fireworks were seen popping off within the flames as a huge fire broke out Thursday morning outside Davy Jones Fireworks in Fort Mill. (Video: @Msteck101) https://t.co/0Ea1lpLkub pic.twitter.com/QLqsPjFK6P

— FOX 46 Charlotte (@FOX46News) July 4, 2019

It happened off U.S. 21 in the York County town of Fort Mill, and the rockets’ red glare was most definitely accompanied by the sound of bombs bursting in air.

The storage containers were outside Davey Jones Fireworks, and the effort to douse the flames forced the York County Sheriff’s Office to close busy Carowinds Boulevard from Highway 51 to the Interstate 77 exit ramp.

Roads were reopened shortly after 7 a.m., officials said in a tweet.

A short video tweeted by the York County Sheriff’s Office showed firefighters working to douse the fire as rockets exploded all around them, and sparklers shot into the air. Other videos posted on social media by witnesses showed firefighters ducking to dodge fireworks as they shot into the air and flew across this highway.

Thick white smoke accompanied the explosions, covering the ground like a thick fog, videos shows.

Firefighters are battling a fire at Davy Jones Fireworks store on the section of Carowinds Blvd. near the store is closed. You can turn North towards Carowinds Park off Ext 90 but not south. #YCSONEWS #YOCONEWS pic.twitter.com/knAxLxMM63

— York County Sheriff (@YCSO_SC) July 4, 2019

Deputies also posted photos that showed multiple fireworks storage trailers were gutted by the fire. The bright red and yellow store itself was not part of the fire, investigators said.

NOTICE: To clarify this is not the actual store the fire was in containers outside the store. Carowinds Blvd from Hwy 51 to the I-77 Exit ramp is closed to traffic.
Please find an alternate route. #YCSONEWS #YOCONEWS#4thofjuly #IndepenceDay pic.twitter.com/hXo47RryBd

— York County Sheriff (@YCSO_SC) July 4, 2019

The fire started around 5:45 a.m. in the “fully loaded” containers, reported WSOC. It took crews about 45 minutes to douse the flames, and no firefighters were injured, the station reported.

Investigators have not yet said what might have caused the blaze. Officials with the Flint Hill Fire Department told WCNC that the Connex Storage containers held “dozens of cardboard boxes holding fireworks.”

Davey Jones Fireworks bills itself as a “massive fireworks superstore.”

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