A town worker was injured Sunday night when a mishap at the Fairplay fireworks show led to the sudden explosion of about 100 mortars, officials say.
Leaders in the Park County town said the incident happened when a firework prematurely exploded about 10 feet off the ground and ignited the mortars. A worker was rushed to Summit Medical Center in Frisco where that person was treated and released.
The mishap led authorities to cut the show short.
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Tina Darrah, the town’s administrator, said the incident is under investigation. She said the show cost about $5,000 and has been running for at least a decade.
“They didn’t all go off, so we have some of those fireworks remaining that will be shot off at a different time,” she said Tuesday.
A planned fireworks show for Fairplay’s Burro Days event is still scheduled to go on.
Nine people were injured last year during a mishap . One man afterward indicated the town.
