Photos: Staten Island Fireworks Barge Bursts Into Flames Before July 4

NEW YORK CITY — Staten Islanders got an unplanned — and potentially dangerous — July 4 fireworks show one day early when a barge carrying pyrotechnics burst into flames, FDNY officials said.

Photographs from the Sunday evening barge blaze posted on the FDNY’s Instagram show fireworks shooting up from the inferno.

The situation was “very hazardous” for both firefighters and onlookers, officials said.

“Thankfully no injuries were reported,” the FDNY’s Instagram post states.

The barge was used to launch fireworks off the coast of Staten Island, according to the post.

Firefighters from two FDNY marine units used large-caliber water streams to battle the fire and extinguish it safely, officials said.