Have a blast this Fourth of July, but don’t get burned

NEW YORK (NBC News) — Booming, brilliant displays of fireworks are a Fourth of July tradition, yet every year thousands of people are injured using them.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission used mannequins Tuesday to demonstrate the very real dangers of fireworks.
“It’s the 30 days around the Fourth of July where we see the highest rate of incidents and injuries,” says acting CPSC Chairperson Ann Marie Buerkle.
There were more than 11,000 fireworks-related injuries in