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Hundreds of pounds of fireworks explode, destroying homes and injuring firefighters
A massive fireworks explosion on Whidbey Island destroyed multiple homes and injured five people, including three firefighters, officials say.
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What happenedA massive fireworks explosion on Whidbey Island destroyed multiple homes and injured five people, including three firefighters, officials say.
The headline splitFox News frames it as "Hundreds of pounds of fireworks explode, destroying homes and injuring firefighters". The Gateway Pundit frames it as "House Containing Hundreds of Pounds of Fireworks Explodes During Fire – Total Destruction...".
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Right / center-rightHundreds of pounds of fireworks explode, destroying homes and injuring firefighters
Fireworks explosion likely caused by cigarette smoker obliterates three homes, injures 5 people
A gargantuan firework detonation likely caused by smokers obliterated several homes and injured five people, including three firefighters, rattling an island community in western Washington...
