That's terrible. I've seen my share of 4th of July accidents. About 8 years ago i watched my neighbor's house burn to the ground because their kids accidently shot a bottle-rocket into the closed porch where $1000+ worth of fireworks were stored. The whole place was up in flames within' 5 minutes.

Last night we watched a big fire when some fireworks caught some waterfront trees on fire across the bay from us near Lemola. They were fortunate to put it out before it caught nearby houses on fire.

On a different note: We watched 4 different pleasure boaters run a ground around low-tide yesterday in front of our house. I was cracking up. The line between having enough money to own a boat and being smart enough to own it was clearly visible from my deck.