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MARYSVALE, Piute County — One firefighter was taken to the hospital with severe burns after fireworks ignited inside the Marysvale fire station on Thursday.
According to Piute County Sheriff Marty Gleave, a firefighter was getting the fireworks ready for the town's Pioneer Day show. In the process of putting electric charges into tubes, a charge ignited and caused one of the fireworks to explode, setting off a chain reaction causing about 70 other large fireworks to explode inside the building.
A 13-year-old boy was also injured in the blast. He was treated for burns and respiratory problems.
While the explosion didn't start a fire inside of the station, the small town's ambulance and fire truck were damaged. The fire truck remains usable, but the ambulance is currently out of commission.
Gleave said that surrounding cities and counties will likely assist the Marysvale fire department until its vehicles are in full working order.
Neither the boy nor the firefighter injured in the incident have been identified.
