WATCH: Spanish Fireworks Explode Prematurely, Injuring 28
Goodshoot/Thinkstock(LONDON) — A fireworks explosion over a church bell tower set the sky ablaze and resulted in 28 injuries during a festival in eastern Spain.Fireworks stored in a church bell tower in the town of Elche were scheduled to go off at mi…
San Diego Fireworks Show Goes Up in Flames
ABC News(SAN DIEGO) — One of the nation’s biggest July 4th firework displays turned into a 15-second bust after a “premature ignition” caused pyrotechnics to spread across five barges in the San Diego Bay to go off all at once.Thousa…
Researchers Blast Human Eyes to Study Firework Injuries
John White Photos/Flickr/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Fireworks are a Fourth of July celebration staple. But if party planning were left up to eye doctors, they’d likely say to leave the explosions to the professionals. Even with the myriad warnings issue…
Several Injured in New Hampshire Fireworks Accident
Thinkstock/Getty Images(PELHAM, N.H.) — Police say nine people were hurt when a neighborhood fireworks display exploded prematurely on a backyard deck in Pelham, N.H., Tuesday.Witnesses described hearing what sounded like gunshots coming from the home…
Fourth of July Fireworks Spark Wildfire Fears
John White Photos/Flickr/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In Colorado Springs, Colo., entire neighborhoods have been reduced to apocalyptic landscapes in the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. About 350 homes have been destroyed, bu…
How to Ease a Dog’s Fireworks Freakout
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Every year around the beginning of July, Gerald and Sarah Willick find their French Bullmastiffs, who weigh a combined 235 pounds, hiding in the bathtub. The Willicks’ dogs, Bosley and Roxy, are terrified of firework…
Man with Explosive Powder, Fireworks Apprehended at Philly Airport
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(PHILADELPHIA) — A 29-year-old-man was taken into police custody Thursday morning at the Philadelphia airport after attempting to board a flight to San Francisco while carrying items that could have been assembled in…