# Fireworks Mayhem: 2025 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198 "2025-06-27T13:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/1 "2025-06-27T13:20:23Z")
It is that special time of year to celebrate our country’s birthday by blowing off a limb, burning down a house, blinding a child, torching a car… or perhaps actually dying for the cause. In the pursuit of our inner six-year-old child, let’s annoy our neighbors, frighten our pets, and keep firefighters and ER staff busy cleaning up after our search for the bang. My least favorite week of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/2 "2025-06-27T13:28:54Z")
> **[12 year-old boy suffers life-altering injuries from illegal firework](https://abc30.com/post/12-year-old-boy-suffers-life-altering-injuries-illegal-firework/16839626/)** > > A 12-year-old boy is in the hospital with life-altering injuries after lighting an illegal firework Monday evening in Goshen. > **[Teens playing with fireworks destroy car in Farmington](https://www.4029tv.com/article/farmington-fireworks-danger/65195166)** > > Fireworks are illegal in the city right now. > **[UPDATE: Explosion and fire at Poly Drive Elementary School caused by fireworks](https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_511b4565-c63b-480a-8f12-137fd688b1f9.html)** > > The Billings Fire Department determined the cause after reviewing security camera footage. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/3 "2025-06-27T14:19:22Z")
Those will certainly be Fourths, or 4th-adjacents, to remember. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/4 "2025-06-27T16:50:37Z")
Week? You’re lucky. In my neck of the woods, we have fireworks 3 times a week, all year long. It gets worse for New Year’s, Chinese New Year’s, 4th of July and sports finals. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/5 "2025-06-27T18:32:22Z")
The folk behind us started lighting them last night. We have had lots of rain, so I am less concerned about wildfires. Dog is unhappy. I understand. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/6 "2025-06-30T02:44:22Z")
Not news worthy (yet), but some people on the street behind me set off a few fireworks this evening. A sudden thunderstorm prevented much from happening. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/7 "2025-06-30T04:56:24Z")
I am moderately grateful that the pops only started this Friday. I am not enjoying it, but periodic pops starting only a week early is better than many years. We’re in a lull between summer afternoon/evening thunderstorms, which means it’s been darn warm for us, and drier than ideal, so I’m really hoping for a bit more rain before the holiday. Thankfully this year we’re having guests at home for some (moderately) excessive eating and drinking, so I’ll have an easier time of it, and no one in the house has to go to work the next day, so my tolerance is going to be higher. And I’ll have to spoil the crap out of the one cat who is of a nervous disposition. And I wouldn’t want to be working in any sort of emergency care considering all the firework and/or alcohol related disasters I expect to be thick on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/8 "2025-07-01T17:15:00Z")
> **[Two Kansas City, Kansas, children critically injured in firework explosion](https://www.kmbc.com/article/fireworks-explosion-kansas-city-kansas-children-injured/65196845)** > > Two children were hospitalized in critical condition following a fireworks explosion Sunday night in Kansas City, Kansas. > **[Garage fire leads to explosion of fireworks just north of Downtown Fort Wayne](https://www.21alivenews.com/2025/06/30/garage-fire-leads-explosion-fireworks-just-north-downtown-fort-wayne/)** > > Garage and car destroyed after fire in garage full of fireworks > **[Three people hospitalized after being injured by Pa. fireworks: report](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06/three-people-hospitalized-after-being-injured-by-pa-fireworks-report.html)** > > State police are investigating the incident that took place mid-evening Saturday in Clinton County. > **[Brush fire in Dry Canyon Park caused by fireworks, four juveniles cited](https://katu.com/news/local/brush-fire-in-dry-canyon-park-caused-by-fireworks-four-juveniles-cited-central-oregon-redmond-newberry-avenue-quartz-bend-cloverdale-crooked-river-ranch-bureau-land-management)** > > A brush fire erupted in Dry Canyon Park on Thursday evening, prompting Level 3 - Go Now evacuations for 21 homes along SW Canyon Drive. > **[Fireworks spark 10-acre grass fire near Three Forks](https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/fireworks-spark-10-acre-grass-fire-near-three-forks)** > > Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department responded late Saturday night to a grass fire sparked by fireworks in the ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/9 "2025-07-03T01:29:32Z")
Getting a jump on Friday. > **[Northern Iowa man dies in fireworks accident](https://www.keyc.com/2025/07/02/northern-iowa-man-dies-fireworks-accident/)** > > The Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office says it happened Tuesday evening around 9:15 in Whittemore > **[Possible fireworks explosion under investigation on Cape Cod](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/fireworks-explosion-mashpee-july-4/)** > > A possible fireworks explosion is under investigation at a country club on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. > **[Teens hurt after fireworks explosion in Newberry, officials say](https://www.wistv.com/2025/07/02/teen-hurt-newberry-fireworks-explosion-police-say/)** > > A teenager was hurt after an explosion involving fireworks in the Midlands, according to police. > **[3 injured, including child with hole in leg after improper usage of fireworks](https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/07/02/3-injured-including-child-with-hole-leg-after-improper-usage-fireworks/)** > > A man was lighting and shooting fireworks from a moving vehicle when one exploded in his hands, causing severe damage to himself and others. > **[Personal fireworks ignite SE Portland fire; officials seek suspects](https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/07/personal-fireworks-ignite-se-portland-fire-officials-seek-suspects.html)** > > It could be a harbinger of what's to come this holiday weekend. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/10 "2025-07-03T05:44:44Z")
> **[7 "unaccounted for" after California fireworks warehouse explosion, officials...](https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/explosion-fire-esparto-yolo-county/)** > > Seven people are "unaccounted for" in Yolo County's town of Esparto after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse resulted in a fire, officials said. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/11 "2025-07-03T05:49:30Z")
I hate fireworks with a passion, except for professionally staged exhibitions on special occasions. But fireworks in the hands of imbeciles are both dangerous and extremely annoying. When I got a “please re-elect me” email from the Premier of Ontario which mentioned the various ways I could communicate with his office if I had any concerns, I fired off an email suggesting that he just outright ban private use of fireworks. Here in Canada, we had some of the usual mayhem around Victoria Day (May 19 this year) but Canada Day (July 1), which is usually a prime time for imbeciles to set off exploding objects, was strangely quiet. There were some distant fireworks on June 30, and then some louder ones on the evening of July 1, but they didn’t last long. It’s way to early to hope that there’s been some sort of clampdown, but hope springs eternal. There are definitely a lot of regulations governing where and when they can be set off, and maybe they’re being enforced more strictly. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/12 "2025-07-03T12:55:14Z")
> **['Large amount' of fireworks involved in home explosion in Albuquerque](https://www.koat.com/article/albuquerque-fire-smoke-eubank-menaul-explosion/65281229)** > > Firefighters with Albuquerque Fire Rescue are responding to a fire near Eubank and Menaul in northeast Albuquerque. > **[Illegal fireworks cause structure fire in Kingston - Hudson Valley One](https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2025/07/03/illegal-fireworks-cause-structure-fire-in-kingston/)** > > Illegal fireworks caused a structure fire on Elmendorf Street, according to the Kingston Fire Department. On Tuesday, July 1 at approximately 9:49pm, firefighters were dispatched within minutes to the scene where crews were met with smoke emitting... > **[Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma cancels fireworks show after fire breaks out, 5...](https://www.koco.com/article/choctaw-nation-cancels-fireworks-show-after-fire-breaks-out/65283202)** > > A fireworks show scheduled for Thursday has been canceled after the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma confirmed an incident that injured at least 5 people occurred Wednesday evening. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/13 "2025-07-03T13:02:34Z")
I’m unable to embed images, though I’ve tried to learn. But here’s a link to [series of X-ray](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/zyuj5j/xrays_of_fireworksrelated_injuries/) photos of hands which have been (probably permanently) damaged by firecrackers. If I had seen this when I was a kid, I wouldn’t have played with them. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/14 "2025-07-03T17:50:09Z")
> **[Fireworks, propane tanks catch Union County home on fire, one injured](https://www.wvlt.tv/2025/07/03/fireworks-propane-tanks-catch-union-county-home-fire-one-injured/)** > > A volunteer firefighter with the Paulette Volunteer Fire Department was injured while responding to a housefire Wednesday, according to Alan Nicely with the Northeast Union Volunteer Fire Department. > **[City: Fireworks catch tree on fire in Grand Rapids neighborhood](https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/city-fireworks-catch-tree-on-fire-in-grand-rapids-neighborhood)** > > On Wednesday night the Grand Rapids Fire Department responded to a tree fire on Griggs Street SW near Buchanan Avenue. A nearby garage's siding warped from the heat. > **[Fire ignites near homes in Draper after report of car shooting fireworks out...](https://ksltv.com/local-news/fire-ignites-near-homes-in-draper-after-report-of-car-shooting-fireworks-out-its-windows-officials-say/792939/)** > > A fire burned near Draper neighborhoods on a Traverse Mountain hillside after a car in the area shot fireworks out its window. > **[Fireworks possibly to blame in North Platte house fire that displaced family,...](https://www.knopnews2.com/2025/07/03/fireworks-possibly-blame-north-platte-house-fire-that-displaced-family-killed-pets/)** > > A North Platte family lost their home—and their two dogs—after a fire early Thursday morning that officials say may be linked to fireworks. > **[Fireworks spark fire south of Hamilton](https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/fireworks-spark-fire-south-of-hamilton)** > > Fireworks ignited a field south of Hamilton on Wednesday afternoon, at around 1:1 5 p.m.Hamilton Fire sent firefighters to the scene, and they contained it to > **[Kansas boy accused of arson after fireworks fire at park](https://hayspost.com/posts/485b239e-c4c5-4da4-9bc7-37b5e71bbfc9)** > > Google image > SALINE COUNTY —A Kansas teen is facing a charge for alleg ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/15 "2025-07-03T18:01:37Z")
One thing I don’t miss from Portland is the truly big airburst fireworks in our neighborhood. They terrorized the cat and triggered PTSD symptoms for me. One of the assholes lived right down the street, but I could never identify who it was. He would go out at about 0300 or so every night for a week and let off one big bang to wake everyone up in the 'hood. Fucker. Here in our apartment building, we only hear muffled booms in the distance and usually sleep through most of it. But in the last couple of years there have been major incidents downtown of people using them as weapons and there have been serious injuries. The cops are really cracking down on these assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/16 "2025-07-03T21:39:04Z")
> **[Person dead in Simi Valley house fire after fireworks explosion](https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/garage-fire-simi-valley-ventura-county/)** > > Firefighters responded to a garage fire in Simi Valley after receiving reports of a possible explosion. > **[Woman dies in Great Falls house fire; fireworks 'likely' cause](https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/woman-dies-in-great-falls-structure-fire)** > > Great Falls Fire Rescue said in a news release that it happened on the 1100 block of Second Avenue SW. > **[Illegal fireworks sparked Kingston blaze, fire chief says](https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/07/03/illegal-fireworks-sparked-kingston-blaze-fire-chief-says/)** > > KINGSTON, N.Y. — “Fallout” from the improper use of illegal fireworks sparked a blaze Wednesday on the exterior of a house on Elmendorf Street, city Fire Chief Chris Rea said Thursday. … > **[Grand Forks teen recovering after losing hand in fireworks accident](https://www.valleynewslive.com/2025/07/03/grand-forks-teen-recovering-after-losing-hand-fireworks-accident/)** > > The accident happened late last week. > **[Fireworks explosion severely damages Hayward house](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/hayward-fireworks-explosion-mandarin-avenue-sumatra-street/)** > > Emergency personnel were dispatched to a reported fireworks explosion inside a house in Hayward Thursday afternoon, authorities said. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/17 "2025-07-03T21:52:45Z")
I wonder how many residence fires and fatalities are created every year by Christmas trees? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/18 "2025-07-03T23:15:34Z")
Or turkey fryer fires! I get anxious every year when my neighbor sets his up in the backyard. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/19 "2025-07-04T00:23:06Z")
Setting it up in the back yard is probably fine (unless it’s _really_ dry); setting it up on the back _porch_, OTOH… ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198/20 "2025-07-04T00:43:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He would go out at about 0300 or so every night for a week and let off one big bang to wake everyone up in the 'hood. Fucker. We had one of them. He stopped after he blew off a couple of fingers and got charged for making pipe bombs out of fence rails. That was back in AZ, land of four-season wildfires, where fireworks were illegal and houses burned down every year. We used to hear fireworks going off for at least a week every Fourth, New Years and Cinco. We would put the extending ladder up so we could look at our roof before going to bed. Here in WV, fireworks are very legal. If we had a mind to, we could just go to the local supermarket, buy a family pack and set them off in our front yard. It is so quiet here. Folks take the families to the big public displays and set their little displays off before and after. Or they go to the lake. Folks around the lake probably don’t sleep very well, but the most that will happen at the neighborhood cookout is someone will hand the littles some sparklers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireworks-mayhem-2025-edition/1020198.md?page=2)