![]() 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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