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According to authorities, on Sunday during the celebrations of July 4th, a young man who was drinking and celebrating attempted to launch a firework off the top of his head, fatally injuring himself. Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety said that on Saturday night, Devon Staples and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks in the backyard of a friend’s home in the small eastern Maine city of Calais. Stephen said Devon, 22, of Calais, placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head and set it off.
An eyewitness, McCausland said the firework exploded, killing Staples instantly.
Authorities say his death is the first fireworks fatality in Maine since the state legalized fireworks on Jan. 1, 2012.
Calais is on the Canadian border near New Brunswick.
Consequently, the State fire marshals are also investigating several other Fourth of July fireworks accidents involving injuries in Friendship, Jefferson, Lebanon and Woodstock. According to the state fire marshals, most of the accidents involved burns and eye injuries. McCausland said further details were expected to be released later Sunday.
In 2011, lawmakers voted to repeal a 1949 law banning fireworks, reasoning that the industry would create jobs and generate additional revenue.
According to authorities, on Sunday during the celebrations of July 4th, a young man who was drinking and celebrating attempted to launch a firework off the top of his head, fatally injuring himself. Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety said that on Saturday night, Devon Staples and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks in the backyard of a friend’s home in the small eastern Maine city of Calais. Stephen said Devon, 22, of Calais, placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head and set it off.
An eyewitness, McCausland said the firework exploded, killing Staples instantly.
Authorities say his death is the first fireworks fatality in Maine since the state legalized fireworks on Jan. 1, 2012.
Calais is on the Canadian border near New Brunswick.
Consequently, the State fire marshals are also investigating several other Fourth of July fireworks accidents involving injuries in Friendship, Jefferson, Lebanon and Woodstock. According to the state fire marshals, most of the accidents involved burns and eye injuries. McCausland said further details were expected to be released later Sunday.
In 2011, lawmakers voted to repeal a 1949 law banning fireworks, reasoning that the industry would create jobs and generate additional revenue.
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