- The only legal fireworks for sale or use in Philadelphia are sparklers.
- Even though sparklers are legal, they can produce hot sparks and the temperature of a sparkler can reach 1,800 degrees F.
- Each year, approximately 12,000 people in the United States are injured by fireworks.
- More than half of these injuries are to children.
- Children should be taught at an early age that all fireworks are explosives not toys.
- Children should be instructed never to pick up fireworks and to call an adult if they find fireworks.
- Hands, wrists and eyes are the most commonly injured areas, with finger amputations occurring frequently.
- Permanent vision loss occurs in about 1/3 of the eye injuries.
Fire Commissioner Harold B. Hairston suggests that you leave fireworks in the hands of the professionals
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