MARBLEHEAD — The Fourth of July fireworks and Harbor Illumination were canceled after the fireworks barge caught fire overnight.
“There was a fire on the barge in the middle of the night,” organizers said in a statement. “The fire marshal won’t allow our vendor to perform any fireworks until determination of how the barge was able to catch fire.”
The Fire Department said that just after 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, the barge caught fire at the mouth of Marblehead Harbor.
The department worked with the Coast Guard, Massachusetts Environmental Police, and the Beverly Fire Department to put out the flames.