46° CLOUDY, Small fire interrupts Healdsburg display
Last Modified: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 12:22 p.m.
A small fire broke out Saturday night during a fireworks display in Healdsburg, temporarily stopping the show.
Flaming debris, apparently from a pyrotechnic device used in the show, ignited a small pile of vegetation on the Healdsburg High School campus at about 9:50 p.m., police Officer Steve Cox said.
Firefighters overseeing the event, which was staged at the school, put it out within minutes, Cox said.
It was unclear if the fire caused any damage to buildings or other school property.
Cox said turnout for the city’s annual display was in the thousands.
Among the revelers was Gail Otteson of Windsor, who was with her husband Robert near the baseball diamond.
Otteson said she saw sparks fall near the debris pile and start the blaze. She and others yelled to firefighters, who dispatched it quickly.
She worried high winds might start other fires.
“We got a little more excitement than we expected,” Otteson said.
—Paul Payne
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