Store staff member Jay Loder, center, assists customer Jeremy Lockhart of Waterville while loading fireworks into Lockhart's truck Thursday at the Pyro City Maine fireworks store in Winslow. Lockhart said he was helping present a fireworks show for a friend's Fourth of July wedding in Caratunk.
Store manager Vern Carlow, right, assists customer Nick Brown of Winslow at the Pyro City Maine fireworks store Thursday in Winslow. Carlow offered Brown advice about putting together a fireworks show for a family Fourth of July gathering.
Shoppers pass a giant inflatable gorilla Thursday at the Pyro City Maine fireworks store in Winslow.
Store staff assist customers with their purchases Thursday at the Pyro City Maine fireworks store in Winslow.
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