tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173095403332011261.post2086736429133343317..comments2023-11-27T03:58:12.141-05:00Comments on The Beacon: Happy Guy Fawkes Day!Haley Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374809490325504149noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173095403332011261.post-42257638844763481102006-11-14T15:10:00.000-05:002006-11-14T15:10:00.000-05:00I cringed when I saw this article about a Bonfire ...I cringed when I saw this article about a Bonfire Night celebrant:<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/6132140.stm<br /><br />Backside firework prank backfires<br /><br />A man suffered internal burns when he tried to launch a rocket from his bottom on Bonfire Night.<br /><br />Paramedics found the 22-year-old bleeding, with a Black Cat Thunderbolt Rocket lodged inside him, when they attended the scene in Sunderland.<br /><br />He suffered a scorched colon and is now recovering in hospital, where his condition is described as stable.<br /><br />A spokesman for the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) said the prank could have been fatal.<br /><br />Douglas McDougal, from the NEAS, said: "We received a call stating there was a male who had a firework in his bottom and it was bleeding.<br /><br />"He sustained fairly significant injuries in the fact that there's huge damage to that particular area."<br /><br />'Beyond belief'<br /><br />Mr McDougal added: "Potentially it could have been a fatal incident.<br /><br />"There's a lot of major blood vessels round that area, so infection would probably be a huge problem for him.<br /><br />"And also the body naturally produces methane gas, so combine that with the firework and the exploding effect with methane's flammability - it certainly could have been a lot worse than it really was."<br /><br />A spokesman for the Firework Association described the bizarre prank as "beyond belief".<br /><br />He said: "We have spent a long time working with the government to create laws that make fireworks safer and better for the public.<br /><br />"This incident is very concerning but hopefully an isolated one."<br /><br />Northumbria Police said they were aware of the incident, which happened in the Dame Dorothy Street area of Monkwearmouth, but are understood not to be carrying out further inquiries.Haley Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12374809490325504149noreply@blogger.com