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A certificate to launch fireworks was suspended for an individual after an investigation was conducted in Pittsfield and Easthampton.

Fire officials said the unexploded fireworks that washed up on Martha's Vineyard were highly explosive and had the potential to cause injury.

The fireworks shooter who conducted the Fourth of July display in Edgartown is prohibited from pyrotechnics work in Massachusetts for the next five years, after more than two dozen unexploded commercial fireworks shells washed ashore on Chappaquiddick Island after the holiday, fire officials said.

The Massachusetts state fire marshal has suspended a fireworks shooter's license after unexploded commercial-grade fireworks shells washed up on Chappaquiddick Island following a Martha's Vineyard Fourth of July show.

Central Maine Pyrotechnics has been temporarily suspended from operating in Massachusetts, pending a July 26 hearing, state fire officials said.

Safety is the number one priority when it comes to launching fireworks.

Safety is the number one priority when it comes to launching fireworks.

By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer Fireworks explode over downtown Naugatuck on July 2, 2020, during the borough’s annual fireworks show. The show was cut short after a ground-level explosion at the site of the display. –FILE PHOTO NAUGATUCK — Officials are giving a Maine company another shot at putting on the borough’s Fourth of July fireworks show. The Board of Mayor and Burgesses on April 6 unanimously approved a deal with Central Main Pyrotechnics of Farmingdale, Maine, for a Fourth of ...