"I thought a plane hit the house because the house was literally shaking," said Hajjar. "There were another two or three booms after that, louder than the first one, so you could see that all the fireworks were gone. The flames were still 10, 15 feet high."

An explosion ahead of a Fourth of July celebration at a Cape Cod country club has prompted officials to issue safety warnings around fireworks.

Officials with the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal’s Office say they are responding to a possible fireworks discharge at the New Seabury golf course in Mashpee.