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.

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

It’s been two weeks since Najee Harris injured his eye in a Fourth of July fireworks accident, and fans are still searching for clarity on just how serious the situation might be.

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.

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.