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LA Dodgers Fan Blows Off His Hands With Fireworks, Calls for Safety: ‘Always Light the Fuse on the Damn Ground’

LA Dodgers Fan Blows Off His Hands With Fireworks, Calls for Safety: ‘Always Light the Fuse on the Damn Ground’

Nov 01, 2024 10:42 PM IST

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

A gruesome video in which a Evaders fan partially blowing off his hands with fireworks while celebrating the team’s World Series victory Los Angeles On Wednesday evening, October 30, people are calling on everyone to be careful with fireworks. The video shows a 25-year-old man carrying a lit firecracker to a downtown LA crosswalk while wearing a Dodgers No. 22 jersey.

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

The video shows the fireworks exploded in his hands before he could place it and walk away. While he’s covered in smoke, you can see sparks of blood flying around.

People can be heard shouting in the background. The man stumbles, blood drips onto the ground. He looks in shock at his bleeding, deformed hands.

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

‘That’s the problem with the explosives hobby’

Shocked Traumatic hand injuries are exceptionally painful because there are SO MANY nerve endings in your hands. Second, this is why you always light the fuse on the damn ground, not while you’re holding it. “Horrible. He won’t have a hand tomorrow… or ever… Take care everyone,” said one user, while another wrote: “I can’t imagine how bad that 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 an appendage,” one user wrote, while another said: “I’ve seen this happen. It’s not pretty. He lost his entire right hand. Do not tamper with fireworks. Also super useful to know basic first aid.” “Poor guy. In that one moment, his whole life changed,” one user wrote.

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