Fireworks recalled for overloaded pyrotechnics ahead of Fourth of July

FILE PHOTO: The affected fireworks were sold primarily in Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

By Jared Leone

Thousands of fireworks overloaded with pyrotechnics have been recalled ahead of the Fourth of July.

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The affected fireworks were sold primarily in Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.

An 8-year-old boy lost his hand after he and a 12-year-old boy found a broken end of a Talon rocket and lit it, the consumer safety group said.

The recalls include:

Twenty-two brands of fireworks sold at Patriot Pyrotechnics in Sheridan, Michigan, from January 2017 to July 2018 for $100 to $125.

Twenty-six brands of fireworks sold at GS Fireworks in Wyoming, Michigan, from March 2018 to May 2018 for $10 to $125.

About 1,660 G-Force Artillery Shell fireworks sold at Keystone Fireworks in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from November 2018 to May 2019 for about $60.

About 25,000 various Grandma's Fireworks sold at Grandma's Fireworks in Indiana from January 2009 to April 2019.