The Brief
- Fireworks shows are best left to the professionals.
- But if you’re shooting some off from your own stash for the July 4th holiday, firefighters and doctors have tips for how to be smart and safe this holiday weekend.
- Tampa Bay area doctors often see burn injuries related to fireworks, and firefighters respond to calls of house fires due to fireworks reigniting.
TAMPA – Shooting off your own fireworks can be fun, but it doesn’t take much for the lightshow to become a nightmare.
“We see injuries that happen not only from those fireworks that shoot up in the sky, but you can see injuries happen from sparklers or fireworks that you’d buy at the local drug store.
The backstory:…