WHFD Responds to Numerous Brush Fires from Malfunctioning Fireworks

On July 2, 2016, the Watch Hill Fire Department extinguished numerous brush fires along Ocean View Highway due to a massive malfunction during a commercial fireworks display. The department, along with mutual aid from the Misquamicut and Dunns Corners Fire Departments, quickly extinguished a total of thirty-seven grass fires and four brush fires that were ignited from falling embers and fireworks that failed to explode in the air.