Because of the risk of wildfires during this unusually dry season, all fireworks displays in St. Augustine, Brevard, Volusia, Marion, and Flagler counties have been cancelled, however around Florida, those who love the Fourth of July’s giant displays in the sky are being urged to celebrate safely by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Looking at numbers from last year’s celebrations, about 1,900 people were sent to emergency rooms after being injured by bottle rockets and small firecrackers in the 30 days before and after July 4. In all of 2010, 8,600 consumers ended up needing emergency medical care due to injuries from fireworks, with about 40 percent of them children under the age of 15.
No one ever thinks a fireworks injury will happen to them but a report by the CPSC also found three people died in fireworks-related accidents. In one instance a 22-year-old died when he fell off a cliff after detonating fireworks. A 49-year-old man died in a garage fire from illegal [...]
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