The most severe injuries are to the hands and eyes, she said. Advertising In 2020, fireworks set parts of a four-story apartment building ablaze in West Seattle on July 4, causing $100,000 in damage.

Harborview Medical Center has released the number and types of firework-related injuries treated from this year's Fourth of July celebrations across Western Washington.

Harborview sees an average of 65 fireworks injuries each year around the Fourth of July, and that's just one emergency department serving the Seattle area. That's up from 2022's numbers , when ...

Nathaniel Middleton blew up a window in his parents’ home a few years ago and burned his hand Wednesday night. Both times, fireworks were the culprit. “My fingers were a little too close to ...

The Fourth of July holiday is coming up, and with it parades, family reunions, camping, picnics, barbecues, concerts, fireworks and everything from milk carton races to fun runs. Yet it's also the ...

Last year, firefighters responded to more than 50 fires started by fireworks, and dozens of people were injured.

Every year, doctors amputate fingers and hands damaged by fireworks. They try to save eyes. And sometimes they have to deliver the worst news imaginable to loved ones. That's the warning – and the ...

SEATTLE — A 23-year-old man is in the hospital with serious burns after someone threw a firework directly at his face in ...

Harborview Medical Center has released the number and types of firework-related injuries treated from this year's Fourth of July celebrations across Western Washington.

Seattle hospital treats dozens of fireworks-related injuries Harborview Medical Center released the number and types of firework-related injuries treated from this year's Fourth of July across ...