23-year-old loses index finger after firework blows up in his hand in Miami

MIAMI (WSVN) – A Fourth of July celebration in a Miami neighborhood turned dangerous when a firework blew up in a young man’s hand, sending him to the hospital.

Area residents who spoke with 7News said the 23-year-old victim was setting off fireworks with his friends along the 400 block of Northwest 50th Street, at around 11 p.m. on Friday.

“He grabbed the bomb one and, I guess he didn’t know it was a short fuse, and so, it exploded directly into his hands,” said Jarielis Cortes who lives in the neighborhood…

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