BUT HIS SERIOUS INJURY A TRAGIC REMINDER ON THE DANGERS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.. IT WAS MONDAY NIGHT WHEN FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF BORONDA AND INDEPENDENCE IN NORTH SALINAS ON REPORTS OF A MAN SCREAMING AND TRYING TO FLAG DOWN DRIVERS.. (KLEMEK :24 WHEN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARAMEDICS AND POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THEY DID ENCOUNTER THE MALE WITH THE EXTENSIVE INJURIES TO HIS HAND AND HIS FACE, OBVIOUSLY SUFFERING FROM A FROM A SEVERE EXPLOSIVE INJURY :37) FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE MAN, BELIEVED TO BE HOMELES, BLEW OFF HIS RIGHT HAND WITH AN ILLEGAL FIREWORK.. HE ALSO HAD CUTS ON HIS FACE AND STOMACH FROM SHRAPNEL.. AND WAS BLEEDING FROM BOTH EARS.. THE MAN WAS IN SHOCK AND COULD ONLY TELL FIREFIGHTERS.. "BAD FIREWORKS" THE INCIDENT A TRAGIC REMINDER TO THE DANGERS OF USING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.. (KLEMEK 1:40 THIS PERSON WILL FOREVER BEAR THE SCARS OF HIS CHOICE TO ENGAGE IN USING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S SAD. BUT IT ALSO SHOULD BE A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY :54 WHICH YOU SUBJECT YOURSELF TO. HE'LL LIVE WITH THIS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE :57) AN INVESTIGATION NOW UNDERWAY INVOLVING SALINAS POLICE AND FIRE TO TRY AND DETERMINE WHERE THE MAN OBTAINED THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.. (KLEMEK 3:22 WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE VICTIM AS HE'S ABLE TO RECALL OR WILLING TO SHARE. HE UNDOUBTEDLY IS GOING TO HAVE A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY, BUT WE'LL BE PERSISTENT IN TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR :35) ILLEGAL FIREWORKS WILL NO DOUBT LIGHT UP THE SKY THURSDAY NIGHT.. FIREFIGHTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE OUT IN MAXIMUM FORCE. (ROSAS 2:13 WE'RE GOING TO BE ON HIGH ALERT FOR ANY BASICALLY DANGEROUS ACTIVITY INVOLVING FIREWORKS. AND WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS THAT'S GOING TO BE PATROLLING ON BEHALF OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT :22) (MAYOR 2:46 THAT IF RESIDENTS ARE FED UP THAT THEY LET US KNOW AND REPORT IT. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING :52) IF YOU'RE CAUGHT WITH ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.. YOU COULD FACE STIFF FINES.. YOU COULD ALSO FACE FINES FOR USING SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS.. WHERE THEY'RE PROHIBITED.. A RULE OF THUMB.. IF SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS AREN'T BEING SOLD IN YOU'RE COMMUNITY.. THEN THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED.