Dozens treated for fireworks-related injuries at Harborview Medical Center

The Fourth of July is over but area hospitals are still waiting to see if more people will be rushed in after suffering injuries due to fireworks.

Two people, including a teenager, were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after suffering devastating hand injuries at a popular field used to light fireworks in Auburn.

A YouTube video, courtesy of J Boom, shows just how busy the field where people are allowed to light fireworks got a few days before the Fourth of July. Click here to see the video.

The field is located near the Muckleshoot Casino on Auburn Way South.

“Hundreds and hundreds of people," said vendor Charlie Black.

Black says he stayed busy selling fireworks throughout the day on Monday and watching people light the explosives on the field at night.

“It was crazy. I mean, there were fireworks going off everywhere,” he said. “You could see them from here. You could see, just, stuff going off on the ground. You could tell that kids were throwing them."

There was an accident amid the celebration.

"The first call came in at about 10:26," said Kelly Tyson, of Valley Regional Fire Authority.

Firefighters rushed to the field for a severe hand injury call.

Then, 30 minutes later, they rushed to the field across the street after another person's hand may have been blown off too.

“I saw the red lights from the emergency vehicles coming," said Black.

A man in his 40s and a teenage boy are among 30 people from across the state being treated at Harborview Medical Center.

"The worst-case scenarios -- you lose the entire hand. We've had a couple of those cases. And then many people lose digits or loss of function in digits as a result," said Dr. Eileen Bulger, chief of trauma at Harborview Medical Center.

The medical center usually treats 50 to 60 people during the Fourth of July, according to the hospital.

As of now, the numbers are down from last year but doctors will wait and see how the coming week goes.

And we saw that people are still buying fireworks in Auburn.

Black says he makes sure to give safety advice to customers, especially when it comes to lighting a fuse safely.

"After each use that you shake them out. Get rid of any ember,” he said. "Nine times out of 10, they're standing right over the top of that thing and dropping it in and then -- bam! -- it goes off on their face."

The National Council on Fireworks Safety has some advice on their website:

Have adult supervision at all times.

Never relight a "dud" firework. Wait 20 minutes and then soak it in a bucket of water.

And always have a bucket of water and charged water hose nearby.

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