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LA Dodgers fan shooting his hands off with fireworks calls for safety: 'Always light the fuse on the damn ground'


LA Dodgers fan shooting his hands off with fireworks calls for safety: 'Always light the fuse on the damn ground'

Nov 01, 2024 10:42 PM IST

A frightening video shows a Dodgers fan partially blowing his hands off with fireworks while celebrating the team's World Series victory in Los Angeles.

A frightening video showing a Dodgers fan partially blowing his hands off with fireworks while celebrating the team's World Series victory in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, October 30, is causing people to fear fireworks in To take care. In the video, a 25-year-old man is seen carrying lit fireworks toward a crosswalk in downtown LA while wearing a No. 22 Dodgers jersey.

Dodgers fan blows his hands off with fireworks and calls for safety (@CollinRugg/X)
Dodgers fan blows his hands off with fireworks and calls for safety (@CollinRugg/X)

The video shows the firework exploding in his hands before he can place it and walk away. While he is enveloped in smoke, sparks of blood can be seen spraying around.

You can hear people screaming in the background. The man stumbles, blood dripping to the ground. He looks horrified at his bleeding, disfigured hands.

According to TMZ, the Los Angeles Fire Department said the man was conscious and alert, but he suffered bilateral hand wounds that officials described as “debilitating.” The accident occurred as chaotic celebrations took place across the city for the Dodgers' second World Series title in four years.

“That’s the problem with the explosives hobby.”

Shocked Secondly, that's why you always light the fuse on the damn ground, not while you're holding it in your hand.” “Cruel. He won't have a hand tomorrow… or ever again… Please be careful everyone,” one user said, while another wrote, “I can't imagine how much this hurts. He’s lucky he didn’t blow his head off.”

“That’s the problem with the explosives hobby. It's all fun and games until you lose a limb,” one user wrote, while another said, “I've experienced this. It's not pretty. He lost his entire right hand. Don't joke with fireworks. Plus, knowing basic first aid is super helpful.” “Poor guy. In that one moment his whole life changed,” one user wrote.

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