13-year-old Hyde Park boy loses part of his hand in firework mishap

Doctors amputated part of a 13-year-old Hyde Park boy’s hand after a firework exploded in it Wednesday, according to Boston police.

Police responded to the scene at 245 Margaretta Dr. a little after 6 p.m., the police report said. The boy was unable to tell police what happened, but his sister told them the boy tried to light a firework and it went off in his hand.

The boy was conscious when police arrived, but his hand was bandaged and he had red marks all over his upper body and legs, the report said. His sister also had burns on her left wrist and red marks on her upper body.

First-responders took the boy to a hospital as soon as they arrived, the report said. After his sister finished talking to police, an officer took her to a hospital and her mother accompanied her.

The doctor caring for the boy later told officers the boy’s injuries were non-life-threatening, but that the boy was going into surgery to have part of his right hand amputated, the report said.

Police filed a suspected child abuse or neglect report to the Department of Children and Families on behalf of both children, the police report said. It is unclear whether any adults will face charges. Police said they are still investigating the incident.

The police report redacted identifying information about the children and their mother, but The Boston Globe reported that the boy was 13 and his sister was 15.

Other recent local fireworks injuries

A 40-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries after a fireworks mishap in West Yarmouth on July 4.

Fireworks are also believed to be the cause of a fire in Cumberland, Rhode Island, that destroyed a house, car, and damaged nearby homes early Wednesday morning.

And last weekend, a man in Derry, New Hampshire, was seriously injured while setting off fireworks. His injuries were so serious that a medical helicopter was requested, but it couldn’t be flown due to bad weather.

The use or sale of personal fireworks is illegal in Massachusetts.