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Seven Seattle area people required amputations following mishaps with fireworks over the Independence Day holiday weekend

Yakama Nation Tribal Police are handling the investigation.

Hundreds of Yakima residents including many families celebrated the 4th of July at Yakima's State Fair Park on Thursday.
The event started at 12:00 p.m. with a small crowd but eventually grew to a much larger crowd by the end of the evening...

The City of Prosser is reminding residents that due to construction of the new high school, the location of the 4th of July fireworks display has changed.

Yakima and Union Gap are providing free park-and-ride bus service to and from the event.

The leading cause of fireworks-related injuries is “Hit by Debris” at 43% and “Holding fireworks in hands” at 42%."

The Yakima city council earlier this year cut funding for the fourth of July and the Cinco De Mayo in celebrations.

Officials want to remind everyone that fireworks are banned in many cities in the valley but they are allowed in Granger, Harrah, Mabton, Moxee and Zillah

Every year, I tell my friends that on the Fourth of July, my neighborhood in Moxee resembles downtown Baghdad, so every year more and more of my friends and family come to my house to celebrate Independence Day to see the insane display.

The fireworks stands are located on tribal land, or trust allotments that are located outside the borders of the reservation.