In Allegan, the July 3 Jubilee with a fireworks display over the Kalamazoo River went awry about 10:30 p.m. It’s on the Lake Michigan shore about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Grand Rapids. Park Township has a population of about 18,000. Several area homes and vehicles also were damaged, the release said. Nine other people were taken to area hospitals. The news release didn’t say whether the explosion occurred during an organized July Fourth public event.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that the woman was declared dead after responders arrived on Main Street in Park Township. (AP) - Fireworks explosions in adjacent counties in western Michigan left at least one woman dead and nine others with injuries from critical to minor, authorities said.īoth explosions happened Monday within about 30 minutes of each other and no more than 30 miles (48 kilometers) apart, first in Allegan County, when an errant mortar apparently shot sideways into a crowd of spectators, and then in Park Township, when a fireworks explosion killed a 43-year-old woman from Holland.
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