A crowd gathered at Ballinger Park Monday evening for the City of Mountlake Terrace’s annual Third of July celebration.
The party started at 6 p.m. with a DJ, a pie-eating contest and outdoor games, followed by a fireworks show over the lake at 10 p.m.
Attendees were also able to enjoy the recently completed park trail and playground.
— Park photos and video by David Carlos
Fireworks photos by Teresa Wippel
Most excellent fireworks photos!
It also burned out three condos across the street.
I’m not a fan of fireworks myself, but the photos were very good. Perhaps fireworks should be allowed only during rainfall, for fire safety. After all, July 4th celebrates the quiet day the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, NOT the noise and chaos of the war that followed.
David, the fire was not caused by the fireworks. The area where the fireworks were set up was far away and across a major street from the condos, which are behind the apartments that border the road on that side. Whether the fire was caused by someone’s personal fireworks display is unknown. The firefighters are investigating.