The Fourth of July is anything but celebratory in the Emergency Room. Every year, doctors amputate fingers and hands damaged by fireworks. They try to save eyes. And sometimes they have to deliver the ...

SUMMIT COUNTY – As the Fourth of July draws closer, emergency dispatchers don’t need to look at a calendar to know it. Phone calls – reports of possibly dangerous fireworks, or the noise that results ...

From smoke balls and sparklers to firecrackers and mortars, fireworks are a staple of many Fourth of July weekend festivities. But with the vast displays of these brightly colored pyrotechnics comes ...

Fireworks have been an essential part of Fourth of July celebrations since the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. (Founding father and eventual President John Adams made the ...

"If you held a (legal) firecracker in your hand and lit it, it's not going to blow your hand off," Heckman said. It is these more powerful professional fireworks, particularly mortar shells meant to ...

Fireworks injuries in Kansas rose to 165 this season, up from 144 in 2024. Serious injuries included an 18-year-old losing a hand and forearm, a 60-year-old suffering stomach and chest injuries, and ...