Note: Some readers may find the graphic material in this article upsetting. We Brits are all too aware that there are usually wild celebrations when our favorite team wins a match or competition.
And in one instance, a baseball fan utilized pyrotechnics, so it really went off. But when the LA Dodgers won, the man’s hand was blown off, and everything went horribly wrong.
On Thursday night (October 31), the US baseball team defeated the NY Yankees to win the 2024 World Series, and spectators celebrated in the streets.
The celebration backfired when the startling incident, which was captured on video and went viral on social media, set off fireworks.
On a crossing in downtown Los Angeles, the fan—later identified as a 25-year-old man—was observed holding a lighted firecracker.