Investigators believe the man was holding a mortar tube with a 2” firework when it exploded.

A man in his 20s died after a firework exploded in his hand on the roof of an abandoned building in Shoreview early Sunday, July 5. Emergency responders used a 101-foot aerial platform to rescue him, ...

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Ramsey County Emergency Communications Center got a 911 call around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, July 5, reporting a man in his 20s had a firework explode in his hand while on the roof of an abandoned building ...

Yaseen Samir Abumayyaleh, 23, was celebrating Independence Day when a mortar tube he was holding containing a two-inch ...