Father Dies Trying To Save His Young Son From House Fire That May Have Started From Fireworks

A Maryland man died trying to save his kid from a house fire that, authorities say, whitethorn person been started by a firework.

On Sunday astatine astir 9:40 p.m., a location successful St Mary's County, Maryland, caught fire. Firefighters received a telephone reporting nan blaze and that a kid mightiness beryllium trapped wrong nan house, NBC Washington reports.

The family evacuated nan location soon aft nan occurrence collapsed out, but nan begetter realized his 10-year-old boy was not pinch him. The dada reportedly ran backmost into nan location to effort to find and rescue his son.

The unnamed man had called successful to study nan occurrence and was speaking to emergency dispatchers while he searched nan burning home. Despite nan fire, nan man stayed successful nan location looking for his son.

At immoderate constituent during nan telephone nan man stopped responding to nan dispatcher.

Responding firefighters recovered nan occurrence had dispersed done overmuch of nan two-story home. They besides recovered that nan 10-year-old boy had safely escaped nan fire.

"The kid was later confirmed to person safely escaped nan home," nan Office of nan Maryland State Fire Marshal said successful a statement.

Firefighters battled nan blaze and yet subdued nan flames. When they entered nan home, they recovered nan begetter dormant connected nan 2nd floor.

"Our hearts are pinch this family arsenic they look an unimaginable loss," Acting State Fire Marshal Jason Mowbray said successful a property statement.

According to nan occurrence marshal's office, nan family had been utilizing ground-based sparklers connected Sunday to proceed their Independence Day celebration. The sparklers were disposed of successful a trash tin connected nan family's screened-in backmost porch.

The occurrence marshal's agency said it is imaginable nan utilized sparklers managed to withhold capable power to ignite different trash successful nan can, which could person past dispersed to nan remainder of nan home.

The incident is still nether investigation by nan occurrence marshal's office.

"As we proceed our investigation, we want everyone to retrieve that fireworks don't extremity posing a consequence erstwhile nan show is over. Taking a fewer other minutes to soak and decently dispose of utilized fireworks and sparklers tin thief forestall a calamity for illustration this," Mowbray said.

Injuries involving burns and explosives typically summation astir nan Fourth of July acknowledgment to fireworks.

Approximately 13,000 group were treated successful emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries past year, according to CBS News. More than half of each fire-works-related injuries hap betwixt July 1 and July 8, pinch nan bulk connected July 4 and 5, according to nan broadcaster.