{"id":770,"date":"2016-08-09T10:57:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/state-reports-40-percent-increase-in-serious-fireworks-injuries\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T23:15:26","slug":"state-reports-40-percent-increase-in-serious-fireworks-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/state-reports-40-percent-increase-in-serious-fireworks-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"State reports 40 percent increase in serious fireworks injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Serious fireworks-related injuries from June 1 to July 31 this year in Washington State rose by 40 percent from last year, according to the latest figures from the State Fire Marshal\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The majority of these injuries occurred on the Fourth of July. This year, fireworks injuries resulted in amputations, first- second- and third-degree burns and hearing and eyesight loss. Sixteen percent of those injured were due to alcohol or drug impairment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>In addition, fireworks-related-fires resulted in an estimated nearly $200,000 in property loss during the same period. There were 67 fireworks-related fires with 62 percent of them occurring on the Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u201cAny injury or fire due to fireworks is too many,\u201d said State Fire Marshal Charles M. Duffy. \u201cThe best way to prevent fireworks-related injuries and fires is to attend a licensed, public fireworks display.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>For more information about fireworks safety, go to <a title=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsp.wa.gov\/fire\/fireworks.htm\" target=\"_self\">wsp.wa.gov\/fire\/fireworks.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>Key Highlights<\/strong> \u2013 June 1 to July 30, 2016:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>INJURIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 There were 226 fireworks-related injuries reported. This number includes legal consumer fireworks, illegal devices and diverted 1.3G shells<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 The top 3 parts of the body most often injured were hands and fingers (86 injuries), followed by face, eyes and ears (65), and legs (20)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 Contributing factors in 16% of all injuries (37 injuries) were due to alcohol or drug impairment<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 164 injuries (74%) occurred on the Fourth of July<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 King (43 injuries), Snohomish (42) and Pierce (29) counties reported the highest number of injuries<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>FIRES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 There were 67 fireworks-related fires reported, resulting in $199,500 in property loss. This number includes legal consumer fireworks, illegal devices and diverted 1.3G shells<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 42 fires (62%) occurred on the Fourth of July<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serious fireworks-related injuries from June 1 to July 31 this year in Washington State rose by 40 percent from last year, according to the latest figures from the State Fire Marshal\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}