Rumors of a loud explosion were spreading wildly Monday night as Waukesha residents were using social networking to determine the noise they heard. Some described it as a large boom. Others thought a house exploded.
The answer, which Waukesha Patch put on its Facebook and Twitter pages Monday night, was fireworks.
The Waukesha police and fire departments were dispatched at 9:25 p.m. Monday to the 300 block of Prairie Song Drive after a caller reported hearing two explosions and seeing flames. The nearby house is under construction and the caller thought perhaps a construction vehicle exploded, according to the call log.
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Officers responded and found evidence of fireworks. Firefighters from the put out a small grass fire. There was no damage reported.
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