A home fireworks display turned deadly in Charles County, Maryland.
A 20-year-old man suffered hand and chest injuries when a firework went off in a mortar tube in Waldorf Wednesday night, the fire marshal's office said. A group of friends were setting off fireworks behind a home on Bannister Circle about 9 p.m.
The man later died at a hospital, authorities said. Police haven't named him.
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"The safest way enjoy fireworks is to attend one of the many public fireworks displays throughout the state," State Fire Marshal Brian Geraci said.
