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OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C., July 5 (UPI) -- The detonation of a truckload of Fourth of July fireworks in North Carolina claimed a fourth life Sunday, authorities said.
The pyrotechnic worker died at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer reported. Three co-workers died of injuries received in the Saturday blast on Ocracoke Island.
The victims' names hadn't been released.
People on Ocracoke Island held a memorial parade Sunday afternoon to honor the victims as investigators worked to determine what caused the deadly dockside explosion that rattled homes and businesses across the area and sent a large cloud of smoke skyward.
The accident occurred as the workers were setting up the fireworks for a Saturday night show.
"It was hard to comprehend what was happening," said Robert Raborn, the dock master at Anchorage Marina. "You could feel the compression from it going off."
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