In Massachusetts, a 40-year-old man suffered 'traumatic injuries' to his leg and hand from a firework explosion in Yarmouth, the Yarmouth Fire Department told CBS.In Connecticut, NBC reported two people including a 16-year-old girl were injured Tuesday when an illegal fireworks display stand in Somers tipped over and launched toward a crowd.The woman's identity was not released.įatal Texas fireworks explosion: 1 dead, 4 others injured after fireworks explosion in Gilmer, Texas, ahead of July 4 event Firework-related injuries 2023

Several area homes and vehicles were also damaged, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office said. In Michigan, 10 people, including a 43-year-old woman who died, suffered injuries in Park Township Monday night after a home fireworks explosion.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.

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