
US air quality map: Unhealthy air in Seattle, Portland, Southern California amid wildfires, fireworks Best practices when lighting fireworks last year, including 11 fireworks-related deaths, according to the U.S. More than 10,000 fireworks-related injuries were treated in emergency rooms in the U.S. In Indiana, a man was injured Sunday after a mortar firework was launched into his vehicle, Fox 59 reported.In Michigan, several people suffered minor injuries, and one person was taken to a hospital Monday night after fireworks landed in a crowd during a fireworks celebration in Allegan, the city told CBS.The Byram Township Police Department said three people were arrested on charges in connection to the case including reckless endangerment.


His identity was not immediately released. In Missouri, police said fireworks Tuesday night likely sparked a garage fire at a home that killed a St.In Kentucky, Brian Simpson, 48, of Florence, died Tuesday night after deputies determined Simpson was attempting to light a commercial-grade firework using a homemade mortar tube, the Boone County Sheriff's Office said.Also in Texas, a 15-year-old died in a firework-related incident on Tuesday night, the Amarillo Police Department said.

In Texas, Jared Scott Maddox, 58, of Gilmer, died and four others were hurt Tuesday morning when a house caught on fire from "fireworks explosions and other volatile incendiaries," according to the Upshur County Sheriff's Office.These incidents are among nearly a half-dozen reported firework-related fatalities police and fire officials said have taken place across the nation during this year's Fourth of July festivities.īelow is a round-up of deaths as well as and other major pyrotechnic-related injuries reported so far across the U.S. A man in Kentucky was killed trying to light a commercial-grade firework with a homemade mortar tube. A woman died and nine other people suffered injuries after fireworks exploded at a Michigan home.
