1.   David Pruitt of Scottown, owner of the fireworks business, sat slumped on a picnic bench as he watched firefighters pull the bodies from the cinderblock building Wednesday.

2.   For one stand owner, the success of the fireworks business affords free time to rediscover his heritage by taking canoe trips with other American Indians.

3.   The fireworks business has been pretty hot since the American bicentennial, said Heckman.

4.   But he also said Li had supplied explosives to the school for its fireworks business for years.