A fireworks display ended abruptly Sunday night at Scissortail Park because a malfunction caused fireworks to be fired into the crowd. | MORE | Injuries reported after fireworks malfunction at OKC’s Red, White and Boom celebration But the CEO of Scissortail Park told KOCO 5 they are following appropriate safety measures. “Unfortunately, with explosives, accidents sometimes happen.” Authorities interrupted the fireworks because of explosives thrown in the wrong direction. “One of the fireworks was supposed to go up, and they spread horizontally, exploded horizontally,” Oklahoma City Fire said. said the department’s watch commander, David Shearer. The faulty firework hit a mother and her toddler, causing minor injuries. The mother went to the hospital. “The mother had several golf ball sized burn marks on the back of her legs,” Shearer said. “Some were first-degree burns, and some were second-degree burns.” “It’s a rare occurrence, but the shell malfunctioned,” Heffernan said. Fire department officials also said the park had appropriate protocols in place and their crews were monitoring the event. “This family was very close to the edge of the perimeter, but they were outside the designated perimeter,” Shearer said. So how will the authorities prevent this kind of incident in future events? “One thing, we could still widen the barrier of where we let them go,” Heffernan said. “But I want to point out that all of this was definitely followed to the letter of the law last night.”
A fireworks display ended abruptly Sunday night at Scissortail Park because a malfunction caused fireworks to be fired into the crowd.
| MORE | Injuries reported after fireworks malfunction at OKC’s Red, White and Boom celebration
But the CEO of Scissortail Park told KOCO 5 they are following proper safety measures.
“All of these safety guidelines were followed,” said Maureen Heffernan, CEO of Scissortail Park. “Unfortunately, with explosives, sometimes accidents happen.”
Authorities cut the fireworks short due to explosives thrown in the wrong direction.
“One of the fireworks was supposed to go up, and they spread horizontally, exploded horizontally,” Oklahoma City Fire Department Commander David Shearer said.
The faulty firework hit a mother and her toddler, causing minor injuries. The mother went to the hospital.
“The mother had several golf ball sized burn marks on the back of her legs,” Shearer said. “Some were first degree burns, and some were second degree burns.”
“It’s a rare occurrence, but the shell malfunctioned,” Heffernan said.
Fire officials also said the park had appropriate protocols in place and their crews were monitoring the event.
“This family was very close to the edge of the perimeter, but they were outside the designated perimeter,” Shearer said.
So how will the authorities prevent this kind of incident in future events?
“One thing, we could still widen the barrier of where we let them go,” Heffernan said. “But I want to point out that all of this was definitely followed to the letter of the law last night.”
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