A young girl was seriously injured on the Fourth of July during a fireworks mishap in Buena Park, authorities said. In a news release, the Buena Park Police Department said officers responded to reports of a fireworks-related injury at about 9:50 p.m. Friday on the 8000 block of Cornflower Circle.

The incident occurred in the Blue Creek area on Lake Martin at around 9 p.m. local time on Friday as a large number of people had gathered to watch a fireworks show to mark the Independence Day holiday.

A Fourth of July fireworks explosion in Alabama has resulted in the hospitalization of six people. The incident involved “unpermitted fireworks” and occurred at about 9:14 p.m. local time on a part of Lake Martin in Tallapoosa County,