WHFD Responds to Numerous Brush Fires from Malfunctioning Fireworks
By Department Photographer Rebecca Schilke
July 2, 2016
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.
