Marion County Board of Commissioners abruptly announced the cancelation of Saturday night’s planned 4th of July celebration on social media. The cancellation comes after an accident injured a worker with their fireworks contractor according to a statement posted on Facebook.
Marion County and the city of Buena Vista, GA made the joint announcement with the following statement.
It is with great disappointment that Marion County must cancel tonight’s Fourth of July fireworks celebration. Due to an unforeseen accident involving our fireworks contractor, Ghost Coast Pyro, one of their technicians was seriously injured last night. As a result, they are down a critical team member and have informed us they are unable to safely conduct tonight’s fireworks display…