A large illegal fireworks display, placed in the street by the homeowner, failed and began misfiring toward the home where the child was, police said.

An 8-year-old girl died Friday evening after a large fireworks display misfired in a Buena Park neighborhood in Orange County, authorities announced. Buena Park police officers were patrolling a residential neighborhood close to Knott's Berry Farm about 9:45 p.

Earl Decastro was hosting a Fourth of July party and the victim was the daughter of a family friend, police said.