Scotland crowd flees freak fireworks bursts

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November 5th Fireworks 2012 display, Oxgangs, EdinburghBy NBC News staffA fireworks rocket misfired and ricocheted into boxes of undetonated fireworks, setting the rest of the $3,200 display in Scotland off at once, scattering the audience and injuring one girl, the BBC and other UK media reported Tuesday.

Follow @NBCNewsWorldThe Monday night fireworks display organizers, Pentland Community Centreof Oxgangs Brae in Edinburgh, issued an apology Tuesday:

"This was a freak accident, and most regrettable, but this is the first incident we have had in 10 years of holding this popular community event, and we extend our apologies to everyone who was alarmed," it said.




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