Fireworks should not have been stored in facility where deadly fire erupted

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – FOX 35 News has confirmed {that a} tenant specializing in pyrotechnics was not permitted to retailer fireworks at an Orange County warehouse that caught fire, killing 4 individuals and hurting one other badly.

Magic in the Sky has its enterprise identify written on the door.  Yet Orange County officers stated they’d no thought it was there – and that it didn’t have any allow or enterprise license with the county to maintain fireworks there. According to information, there wasn’t even one filed, not to mention permitted.

A gaggle of 15 officers – together with the allowing division, code enforcement, zoning, the fire marshal, and extra — all met up Monday to debate what they have realized concerning the deadly Dec. 1 fire in Taft.

Orange County District 3 Commissioner Mayra Uribe stated the placement of Magic in the Sky was registered solely to retailer furnishings.

“It was furniture and that’s what the fire marshal on their record, that’s what the county had on their record,” she stated, “but more importantly, nowhere in unincorporated Orange County do we have a fireworks store registered.”

We requested if such a enterprise could be required to have a allow to retailer fireworks.

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“Absolutely, and it would be considered a high-priority safety, which means the fire marshal, and they would be on inspection notices much faster than what they call a lower priority,” she defined.

The commissioner stated if the enterprise did have a allow, it will have been inspected each six months, quite than each two to a few years.  

“It’s worrisome to me to know that this existed at that high level of fireworks – it wasn’t just sparklers and things like that – and that we had no clue, but more importantly that four people lost their lives because of this,” she stated. “I also think of our first responders — people who are going to arrive to those kinds of scenes, unaware of what’s there. I mean, if they looked it up, it would’ve said ‘furniture.'”

Now, there are two extra inquiries to reply: Where does the blame fall, and will this have been prevented?

“I don’t know who’s ultimately responsible, but we don’t have a record of them, and we don’t have a record of any firework storage in Orange County – unincorporated Orange County,” Uribe added.

Landon Bourland, 24, David Gonzalez, 22, Lindsey Phillips, 23, and Elizabeth Tiralongo, 22, died from accidents sustained in the fire, officers stated.  Lindsey Tallafuss, 27, obtained burns to 60% of her body, in line with her household.

The State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) are nonetheless engaged on their reviews on how this fire began.  Commissioner Uribe desires to work on stronger insurance policies to maintain this from occurring.