Fireworks Deaths & Injuries Rise In MO

sparkling sparklers in hands. playing firework to celebrate winter holidays with friends at party

Missouri Division of Fire Safety officials say three deaths over the July fourth holiday were connected to fireworks.

They say a man in Joplin was killed and a girl seriously injured when a shed exploded.

Fireworks have not been ruled out in that explosion.

Two people in Buckner died in a house fire that may have been caused by fireworks.

Three people were injured in a house fire in Sibley started by fireworks exploding in the garage, and 6 people in Leadwood were injured while watching a fireworks display put on by a resident.