DAYS before New Year’s eve, the injuries from firecrackers has reached 140 as of Friday, the Department of Health announced.

The injuries include a teenager from Cebu, whose right hand had to be cut off after a firecracker named “Yolanda” exploded before he could let go of it. He is the first serious injury reported from this year’s pyrotechnic merry-making.

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