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 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 ...

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

Harborview Medical Center has released the number and type of firework-related injuries from this year's Fourth of July celebrations in western Washington.By the numbersAs of 9 a.m. on July 6, ...

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 ...

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.

SEATTLE -- Several people around the Seattle area got a tough lesson in the dangers of fireworks this Fourth of July weekend. Harborview Medical Center reported 36 people were injured in some way ...

"Don't blow it." -- That's the message from Seattle firefighters ahead of the Fourth of July when fireworks-related injuries and fires are common.

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 ...

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 ...