Person shooting at fireworks container sets off huge explosion

By KOMO Staff Published: Jun 25, 2012 at 8:54 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 25, 2012 at 9:41 AM PDT
Person shooting at fireworks container sets off huge explosion »Play Video
The damaged container is seen at left as fire crews work to douse hotspots on Monday, June 25, 2012.

BELFAIR, Wash. -- Officials say someone firing a gun hit a cargo container full of fireworks early Monday in the

Puget Sound town of Belfair, Wash.

, causing an explosion that could be heard from nearly a mile away.

No one was injured in the blast at Belfair Truck and Auto Wrecking, but the container flipped several times when it exploded, starting fires on the ground and in several nearby vehicles.

Firefighters quickly doused most of the fires at the business off Highway 3, but a pile of tires that caught fire smoldered for several hours.

No one was injured in the blast and sheriff's deputies are questioning the two people who were shooting at the container.