In King County, Harborview Medical Center treated nearly 50 people with fireworks-related injuries over the Independence Day holiday weekend including one person who lost their hand, The Seattle ...

Harborview Medical Center released the number and types of firework-related injuries treated from this year's Fourth of July across Western Washington.

Emergency room physician, Dr. Arvin Akhavan, said the area’s leading trauma center sees an average of 55 people injured by fireworks over the Fourth of July holiday.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 11 American died and more than 14,700 were treated in an emergency room for fireworks-related injuries in 2024.

MONROE, Wash. — A man suffered catastrophic hand injuries from 4th of July fireworks and ultimately had to have the appendage amputated, Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue reports.