Worst firework-induced injury?

[Sir Tequila]

I decided to take a break from setting off fireworks right now. Five minutes ago, while I was trying to light a firecracker, my brother started saying something. Me, being a dumbass, looked towards him, and the lighter missed about a good few inches right into my thumb. The flaming inferno was in there for about three seconds, which I am pretty sure will turn into a scar.

I've been pretty lucky with fireworks, this being the only real injury I've had. How about yours?

[PMS Chocolate]

lol, fireworks aren't legal in Maine . . . but that's a bummer, Siercks

[Sir Tequila]

lol, fireworks aren't legal in Maine . . . but that's a bummer, Siercks
Fireworks aren't legal in Maine? Are Maine politicians communist?

And it stung at first and whatnot. But it hurt worse after I got the skin off.

[S w a k]

Sloth you live in Maine?
Where? Just wondering because I live on the border of Maine, right in New Hampshire.

[PMS Saphira]

Man that sucks :( There's worse though. Some teenager got 3rd degree burns in a firework injury (http://tboblogs.com/index.php/newswire/comments/teen_seriously_injured_by_firecracker_in_pants/).

[Pirate]

My dad burnt his thumb. But, not badly. :P

[S w a k]

I'm pretty much terrified of sparklers and stuff so I've never gotten the chance to get injured. Haha

[PMS Chocolate]

Sloth you live in Maine?
Where? Just wondering because I live on the border of Maine, right in New Hampshire.


i live in Blue Hill, Maine . . .it' like, an hour south of Bangor, right on the coast. um, 'bout 2.5 hours from Portland. but yeah! you're CLOSE!

[Look Its a Panda]

Closest I've ever gotten to a firework injury was a couple of years back on New years, some moron managed to tip over the bottle that the rocket was standing in, so it was shot right towards me. But, thank to my mad drunken rocket-dodging skills, I dodged the rocket, and it hit some girl instead (it went down the back of her dress and exploded, pretty nasty s***).

[Lady Eve PMS]

the closest i've gotten to injury with fireworks is with a stupid sparkler. i hate those lol

[drumbum010]

the closest i've gotten to injury with fireworks is with a stupid sparkler. i hate those lol

wow a sparkler thats just bad luck mine was when i was lighting a single fire cracker and as soon as you light it you have to throw it and i started lighting it and looked at my friend then it eploded rigt in my hand and it HURT!

[Apoth3osis]

I have a newspaper article from a while back where some dumbass put a m-80 in a coke bottle, and then put his thumb over the top of it... POW, goodbye thumb.

My dad makes me read it everytime i wanna set of fireworks.

Also, one time my friend and I were setting off bottle-rockets out of our hands, and my stupid friend held the stick part too tight and it exploded in his hand... it wouldent have been so bad, except he had just spilled gas all over his hands... luckily the gas burned off without burning him... yeah, we were dumb... gas + fireworks - braincells = disaster. Lesson learned.

[Lady Eve PMS]

I have a newspaper article from a while back where some dumbass put a m-80 in a coke bottle, and then put his thumb over the top of it... POW, goodbye thumb.

My dad makes me read it everytime i wanna set of fireworks.



my mom does that too...reads articles about firework injuries. :/

[DevilsToy]

I let people set em off for me to watch. A few years back I watched this 14yr old shread his hand with one at a BBQ. No touchy for me !

[JAY R0CK 71]

heh, well listen to this one. my brother goes to light fire works in our back yard right, not a good idea, he stands back and it flies at his crotch. ouch.

not only did it go through his pants, it went through his custom made jersey my brother bought him

[fishman550]

i got hit in the crotch by a firework, got a 3 inch scar and everything, it hurt so much, but i havnt been hit with one since, so i guess karma is saving it up for me i think i'm gonna die soon. probably get hit by a falling zeppelin or something

[viskey]

lmao.. really not.. the karma makes up for me and your sister :)

[Rambo Rachel]

I didn't get an injury from fireworks on the 4th (this year), but I did get burned pretty badly on my thumb from a rouge glob of bacon grease that morning... :(

[Sir Tequila]

Sparklers? The training wheels of fireworks? You're kidding me. ;)

[MoNk3y Fr3aK92]

well this year we werent allowed to have like things that flew because las year my cousin who was ehh i think 3 at the time, a bee flew down his shirt, not a real bee but i firework bee, so we can have flying things anymore :(

[Crash Assassin]

For anyone that didnt notice, a firecracker explodes in the middle. So if you hold it by the very very bottom of it wont mess up your fingers. I know this because i had one explode in my hand and my dad showed me to hold it by the bottom.

[Kal-El]

lol Flaming inferno.... as opposed to the non flaming kind? haha

[Dizzydude]

My caretaker told me a story of when they were younger they lit off some firecrackers, but his brother had a pocketful of them and somehow his pants caught on fire from another firecracker he lit (I don't know how that could happen). Anyway, he was trying to get his pants off as quickly as he could, but he didn't do it in time and he blew a chunk out of his thigh. Ouch!

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[Sir Tequila]

Also the night where I burnt meselfs, I lit a fuse that was very small, on some firecrackers, and tossed it. The firecrackers exploded right when they left my hand. Close, too close.