Jul 7, 2008 10:22 am US/Eastern
More Fireworks Wash Ashore At Jones Beach On L.I.
WANTAGH, N.Y. (AP) ―
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The unexploded fireworks that washed up on Jones Beach are believed to be from a barge owned by Farmingdale-based Bay Fireworks. (File)
Gregg Geller
Authorities have recovered more unexploded fireworks at a Long Island beach where an Independence Day celebration was held.
The seven shells recovered Sunday at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh are in addition to the 83 explosives that washed ashore a day earlier and led to an evacuation.
New York State Police Chief Richard O'Donnell said investigators believe the fireworks fell off a barge owned by Farmingdale-based Bay Fireworks.
The company's president, Charlie Rappa. has said that Bay Fireworks takes care to track unused shells and that he had never seen an ''anomaly like this.''
Jones Beach State Park is about 30 miles from Manhattan. The fireworks show has a 14-year history.
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