WATCH: Man Killed in Vehicle Crash into Phantom Fireworks Building, 30 Firefighters Brave Exploding Fireworks to Quell Blaze
By Space Coast Daily // November 28, 2022
WATCH: One person was killed Monday afternoon when their vehicle crashed in to the Phantom Fireworks location in Melbourne at 4433 W. New Haven Avenue, according to the West Melbourne Police Department. Steve Wilson provides the live on-the-scene reporting.
WATCH: One person was killed Monday afternoon when their vehicle crashed in to the Phantom Fireworks location in Melbourne at 4433 W. New Haven Avenue, according to the West Melbourne Police Department. Steve Wilson provides the live on-the-scene reporting.
BREVARD COUNTY • WEST MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – One person was killed Monday afternoon when their vehicle crashed in to the Phantom Fireworks location in Melbourne at 4433 W. New Haven Avenue, according to the West Melbourne Police Department.
Brevard County Fire Rescue Chief Patrick Voltaire said during a news conference that the driver of the vehicle, a male, was killed and two Phantom Fireworks employees escaped injury when the building burst into flames.
Approximately 30 firefighters from Brevard County Fire Rescue, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, the Melbourne Fire Department and West Melbourne Police Department responded to the incident that caused fireworks to explode, adding to the peril for the firefighters who were working from ladder trucks.
Florida Highway Patrol Troopers and and the State Fire Marshal were on the scene to conduct an investigation into the details of the crash and subsequent fire.
Stay tuned to Space Coast Daily.com for all further updates.
