Everett's 4th of July fireworks fail to launch, vendor investigating programming error

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EVERETT, Wash. - The city of Everett will be getting a full refund from its fireworks vendor after the 4th of July fireworks display failed to launch.

The annual Thunder On The Bay show experienced an "irreparable technical issue" on Tuesday, which canceled the show.

Hundreds of people gathered around Everett's waterfront, expecting an 18-minute show, but were instead met with only one or two fireworks that went off. 

The issue apparently impacted the main computer used for the show as well as the backup one. It does not appear that the error was human (controlled by the pyrotechnician).

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