Man Killed in Fireworks Explosion Idenitified (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

(TENINO, WA) -- The Thurston County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed in the explosion and fire at a fireworks manufacturing plant in south Thurston County on Wednesday as 75-year old William Hill of Olympia.  Lt. Greg Elwin with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office says Hill died from his injuries before he could be airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.  The explosion at Entertainment Fireworks is being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Washington Department of Labor and Industries.  Two other people were injured in the explosion.