{"id":728648,"date":"2026-06-27T05:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T05:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/728648\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T05:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T05:59:20","slug":"wild-video-shows-massive-fireworks-explosion-that-destroyed-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/728648\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild video shows massive fireworks explosion that destroyed homes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A massive explosion of hundreds of pounds<\/a> of fireworks this week rocked an island community in Western Washington, destroying several homes and injuring five people, including three firefighters, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The fire was likely caused by someone smoking too close to where stored fireworks were kept at a home<\/a> in the Lagoon Point neighborhood, Central Whidbey Island Fire & Rescue Chief Jerry Helm told FOX 13.<\/p>\n

“They\u2019re kind of like a little ticking time bomb, and<\/a> you\u2019re not sure when they\u2019re going to go off,” Helm said of fireworks.<\/p>\n

Three firefighters were injured in the explosion after they responded to a call of a house fire in the neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, the Island County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a Thursday release.<\/p>\n

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The explosion was likely caused by someone smoking near stored fireworks, authorities said. (FOX 13)<\/p>\n

Two of the firefighters are now recovering at home and the third is expected to leave the hospital soon.<\/p>\n

Two civilians took themselves to the hospital before first responders<\/a> could evaluate them, the release said.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office said it will determine after the investigation if any criminal charges<\/a> are warranted.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives<\/a> is also investigating.<\/p>\n

HONOLULU FIREWORKS ACCIDENT KILLS 3, INJURES OVER 20: ‘WORST POSSIBLE, WARN-ZONE INJURIES’<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Whidbey Island home was destroyed by the explosion. (Island County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

The first house was destroyed along with a neighboring one that caught fire, and a third home was damaged in the blast.<\/p>\n

Tanya Hernandez-Garzon, one of the neighbors who lost her home, told FOX 13 that the fireworks were “exploding and shooting everywhere.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s sad to see somebody so immature that they don\u2019t think of other people and to see how much damage is done is really heartbreaking,” she said.<\/p>\n

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A view of the explosion from a Ring camera. (FOX 13)<\/p>\n

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Hernandez-Garzon was able to save her five dogs and pet bird.<\/p>\n

“Our main concern was to get the dogs out of the house. Everything else is replaceable, but not my animals,” she added.<\/p>\n

She said she slept in her truck that night, but isn’t sure where she’s going to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A massive explosion of hundreds of pounds of fireworks this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,1574,81662,6659,289356,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-728648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-bombings","tag-caught-on-camera","tag-fires","tag-fires-disasters","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}