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Enjoy the 4th of July - but be careful!

Fireworks, while fun to watch, can be very dangerous if used incorrectly. Each year, there are many serious injuries such as burns, vision and hearing loss, and even deaths that could have been prevented by proper and safe use of fireworks.

The following devices are legal according to the Michigan State Fire Marshall:

• Flat paper caps containing not more than .25 of a grain of explosive content per cap.
• Toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes, toy trick noise makers and toy guns in which paper caps are used.
• Sparklers containing no more than .0125 pounds of burning portion per sparkler.
• Flitter sparklers in paper tubes not exceeding 1/8 inch in diameter.
• Cone and cylinder fountains (emits showers of sparks).
• Toy snakes not containing mercury and packed no more than 12 per box.
• Toy smoke devices.

The following devices are illegal according to the Michigan State Fire Marshall:

• Cherry Bombs
• Comet (or Mine)
• Firecrackers
• M-80: Up to 2" in length, the M-80 is usually a red cylinder with a fuse coming out the side.
• Bottle Rockets: A cylinder, frequently topped by a cone to stabilize its flight, attached to a long stick.
• Roman Candles: A 6-12" tube containing alternating layers of compacted black powder that shoot single stars out of the top when lighted.
• Silver Salute (M-100): A silver cylinder with a fuse coming out of the side containing large quantities of flash powder.
• M-250 and M-1000 (quarter-stick): They look like larger versions of the M-80 and M-100 and have extremely high risk factors for crippling and disfiguring injuries.
• Torch: A 6-12" tube filled with color composition and ending in a handle. When ignited, streams of colors come out of the top of the tube.
  

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