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Fireworks injuries hit 20-year high during pandemic

With the cancellation of professional pyrotechnics displays due to COVID-19, consumers likely set off more of their own.

A man lights off fireworks on Jerome Avenue at North Broad Street in North Philadelphia on July 3, 2020.
A man lights off fireworks on Jerome Avenue at North Broad Street in North Philadelphia on July 3, 2020.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer