Two Grant County Residents Suffer Fireworks Related Severe Hand Injuries, Both Incidences Unrelated

Grant County Sheriff's deputies responded to two separate fireworks related severe hand injuries over the weekend and early Tuesday morning.

According to public information officer, Kyle Foreman, a man in his 40s sustained severe hand damage when the firework he was handling detonated on July 4 at the Moses Lake Sand Dunes. He was flown to a Spokane hospital for treatment.

A 15 year old teenager sustained severe hand damage and burns when a modified consumer firework detonated early Tuesday morning also at the Moses Lake Sand Dunes. The teenager was flown to Harborview Medical Center.

Despite two firework related injuries, the Grant County Sheriff's office had a relatively quiet fourth of July weekend in comparison to previous years.