Kansas officials reported a sharp rise in fireworks-related injuries this year, along with hundreds of violations and multiple seizures of illegal explosives.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Fireworks-related injuries were up this year over 2024 in Kansas, officials announced Thursday. Healthcare providers reported 165 fireworks-related injuries this year, according to the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s office. That’s up 21 from the 144 fireworks-related injuries reported a year ago in 2024.

At least ten people in Kansas City have been transported to Kansas City hospitals for care after being injured from fireworks on the Fourth of July.

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Madison police said Wednesday they are investigating after a man said his arm injury suffered Friday came either from a gunshot or fireworks. At about 1:45 a.m., officers were sent to a report of a person with an arm injury at an apartment on North Bartelt Court on the Far East Side, spokesperson officer Stephanie Fryer said in a statement.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The University of Kansas (KU) Hospital’s Burnett Burn Center, along with the Olathe and Liberty campuses, reported the first fireworks-related injuries seen. The numbers are as of 3 p.m. on July 4.