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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency https://x.com/ALEAprotects/status/1941547521819672603 confirmed six people were injured in an explosion involving a https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2025/07/05/fireworks-barge-explodes-on-lake-martin/84477668007/ reportedly "unpermitted" fireworks barge on Lake Martin in Dadeville, Alabama, on July 4. "A pontoon boat that had been modified into a fireworks platform malfunctioned during a planned fireworks celebration, resulting in an onboard explosion," the agency said in a statement. Video filmed by witness Megan Stokes Baker shows the moment of malfunction. "My family and I went to watch a 4th of July fireworks show. We were told by locals that this is an annual 4th of July event that a resident of Blue Creek hosts and that the fireworks this year were going to be larger than the ones in the past due to an anniversary celebration. The fireworks show started off beautifully but then the fireworks started going sideways and there was a huge explosion and then we couldn't see any people on the barge," Baker told Storyful. Those injured were all transported to area hospitals, https://www.facebook.com/ALEAprotects/posts/1058190496447015?__cft__[0]=AZWNSLC5H2hxCoHk9tlzl17UdQJDcjUQZhFZkPnk9z6S_YHiS-TjMOLClMo3duZT7klYBdNQom_KGPl6ECTm2skEKbZueMI4hanGiZ83fJF8D0i18Xr4Bo4FbpfN5PYdX4tFr_JXHu3nz3rLI5veyzy8U0mdGoJkTcB0lhgft5SEJssjWkOcLyLCgfQ6l7I4SMHjpodiJPWVXgXBCOSBq-un&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R authorities said . (Footage by Megan Stokes Baker/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)