Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is warning others about the dangers of fireworks, days after he had to evacuate his house because of a fire in his bathroom. Two fire engines were called to the 21-year-old Italian’s house in Macclesfield, …
The Augusta Fire chief and city manager want the city council to ban fireworks, overruling a new Maine law allowing them. Fire Chief Roger Audette says he grew up in Los Angeles, a city that allows fireworks and every year …
Hawaii labor officials are blaming what they termed “unsafe working conditions” for an explosion that killed five men at a fireworks storage bunker earlier this year. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said in a report released Friday that …
Eleven people including a firefighter have been hurt in a fireworks accident in the central Wisconsin town of Rome. Rome Police Chief Adam Grosz says it happened about 9:30 p.m. Saturday during a professional fireworks show at Romano’s Pizzeria. Grosz …
Dozens of rental cars have been damaged or destroyed in a weekend fire at a parking lot in South San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle says as many as 45 cars were damaged in the Sunday afternoon blaze at the …
Authorities say an 8-year-old girl was injured during a backyard fireworks display when she was hit in the head with a piece of concrete. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, an adult was using a cinder block to stabilize the …
Sparklers, bottle rockets and small firecrackers sent about 1,900 injured consumers to emergency rooms, according to new data released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The data shows that in 2010, during the 30 days surrounding July 4, …
Pasadena firefighters are taking precautions in anticipation of Southern California’s largest Fourth of July fireworks show. Some four tons of fire retardant was being sprayed Wednesday on brushy areas of the Arroyo Seco and San Rafael hills around the Rose …
A New Jersey man is facing a charge of violating a Scottsdale law for setting off fireworks which led to a brush fire last week. Twenty-one-year-old Vincent Viganola says he was hiking with friends when he set off consumer fireworks …
A fire at a Caryville’s Thunder Mountain Fireworks store shut down part of Interstate 75 and forced about 100 neighbors to temporarily evacuate. Caryville Fire Department Cpt. Brad Smith described the fire to WVLT-TV, saying, “If you can picture a …