SUV Crashes Into Florida Fireworks Store, Sparking Huge Fire

SUV Crashes Into Florida Fireworks Store, Sparking Huge Fire
A store manager surveys the damage to Phantom Fireworks in West Melbourne Fla., after it was destroyed by fire on Nov. 28, 2022. Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP
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MELBOURNE, Fla.—A Florida man drove his SUV into a fireworks store, sparking a huge fire in a crash that destroyed the building, authorities said. The driver was killed.

The 53-year-old driver had rear-ended another vehicle on Monday before plowing into the Phantom Fireworks shop in West Melbourne, igniting rockets and touching off a series of explosions, Florida Today reported.