"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."

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According to the Mashpee Fire Department, 8 total people were evaluated by medical teams as a result of the explosion.