Folsom -
The fireworks show that follows the annual Folsom Rodeo will continue, despite an accident in which six spectators were scorched by falling embers. None went to the hospital after paramedics treated them.
The culprit was a firework called a "multi-shot" which is a grouping of 25 cardboard tubes designed to fire from the ground. Folsom fire officials say two of the tubes failed sending a shower of sparks at a 30 degree angle instead of vertically.
The Folsom Chamber of Commerce, which puts on the rodeo, says a plywood barrier about waist high will surround the fireworks trailer so any wayward fireworks will be contained.
The fireworks were fired from inside the arena after fire officials feared that fireworks rockets would ignite nearby brush. The arena show uses a different grade of pyrotechnics that normally shoot no more than 150 feet high. They are similar to fireworks used inside sports arenas.
The fire department's investigation is still looking for a cause for the failure and did not rule out human error in setting up the fireworks or a manufacturing problem.
The culprit was a firework called a "multi-shot" which is a grouping of 25 cardboard tubes designed to fire from the ground. Folsom fire officials say two of the tubes failed sending a shower of sparks at a 30 degree angle instead of vertically.
The Folsom Chamber of Commerce, which puts on the rodeo, says a plywood barrier about waist high will surround the fireworks trailer so any wayward fireworks will be contained.
The fireworks were fired from inside the arena after fire officials feared that fireworks rockets would ignite nearby brush. The arena show uses a different grade of pyrotechnics that normally shoot no more than 150 feet high. They are similar to fireworks used inside sports arenas.
The fire department's investigation is still looking for a cause for the failure and did not rule out human error in setting up the fireworks or a manufacturing problem.
