No one hurt when fireworks blow up inside mailbox in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood

By FOX 32 Digital Staff

Published July 2, 2022 7:52pm CDT

Indiana fireworks dealers say business has fizzled this year

Fireworks dealers across the border from Illinois say business is not booming this year.

CHICAGO - No one was injured in a fireworks explosion in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood on Saturday.

Chicago police said the explosion happened on North Elston near North Ridgeway at about 6 p.m.

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Police said they are investigating criminal damage to property of a mailbox.