This is the shocking moment fireworks stored in a shed exploded at a wedding reception in Cumbria, killing two people.
Guests at the reception on the shores of Lake Windermere fled in terror when they heard the explosion and saw smoke and fireworks, shortly after the bride and groom had posed for photographs on Saturday afternoon.
Around 70 guests were mingling in the marquee of the countryside wedding venue when there was an ‘enormous explosion’ as fireworks went off in a nearby outbuilding, sparking a huge fire, witnesses said
The area was evacuated and the celebration had to be cancelled as firemen rushed to the reception, being held at a beauty spot yards from Windermere in Cumbria.
Emergency services later recovered the bodies of a man and a woman. Their identities have not been released.
None of the wedding party guests are thought to be missing, but police refused to confirm whether or not the victims had been working at the event
Insurance firm boss John Simpson, 61, married Nicole Rothwell, 44, and were holding the reception in the grounds of their lakeside home when the first started at 3.35pm on Saturday.
They are believed to have had a register office ceremony earlier in the week and held the party to celebrate it with family and friends on Saturday.
One of the musicians, who asked not to be named, said: ‘It was a beautiful day and we were playing on the terrace just after the photographs were taken.
‘The bride was in her gown in the garden with the groom and the fireworks just started going off. The flaming debris was falling all around.
‘The firework display was spectacular, but we were wondering why it was being held in the bright daylight.
‘Then we realised something shocking had happened. We grabbed our instruments and ran.’
He said ‘everyone was in complete shock’ and the bride was ‘obviously extremely upset
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