The most severe injuries are to the hands and eyes, she said. Advertising In 2020, fireworks set parts of a four-story apartment building ablaze in West Seattle on July 4, causing $100,000 in damage.

Harborview Medical Center has released the number and types of firework-related injuries treated from this year's Fourth of July celebrations across Western Washington.

Harborview sees an average of 65 fireworks injuries each year around the Fourth of July, and that's just one emergency department serving the Seattle area. That's up from 2022's numbers , when ...

The Fourth of July holiday is coming up, and with it parades, family reunions, camping, picnics, barbecues, concerts, fireworks and everything from milk carton races to fun runs. Yet it's also the ...

Last year, firefighters responded to more than 50 fires started by fireworks, and dozens of people were injured.

According to the Seattle Fire Department, in 2023 Harborview Medical treated 58 patients with fireworks-related injuries. Patient ages ranged from 10 months to 57 years old.

Nathaniel Middleton blew up a window in his parents’ home a few years ago and burned his hand Wednesday night. Both times, fireworks were the culprit. “My fingers were a little too close to ...

There were no injuries in these fires, but doctors at Harborview Medical Center treated 32 fireworks-related injuries -- 16 Wednesday and 16 on July 3. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

To many, New Years Eve means fireworks. For some doctors in Seattle, the holiday also means a busy few days of treating eye injuries. “A lot of surgery that happened in that week and try to ...

A Seattle police officer recalled having fireworks thrown at his face during a violent confrontation with protesters Sunday night, an experience he described as feeling like being hit with a hammer.