A mishap with illegal fireworks caused an explosion at a home in Montgomery County, Maryland, injuring two adults inside, fire officials said.
Two adults in Maryland were hospitalized Tuesday with a"variety of traumatic injury" after a"mishap" with modifiedThe explosion happened around 5:45 p.m. in the garage of the single-family home in Darnestown, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services said.The son was reportedly in critical condition. No updates on their conditions were immediately available.
Fire investigators said that a resident had misused or modified components of illegal fireworks before the explosion blasted off the garage door and damaged cars in the driveway. Few details were released about the circumstances leading to the explosion, though aThe fireworks explosion blew the door off the garage and damaged cars parked in the driveway.Fire officials estimated the home suffered at least $400,000 in damages.
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