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Boy, 12, Suffers Severe Hand Injuries After Unexploded Firework Blasts at Torrent Fallas

Questions over event safety focus on how a failed device from the display remained reachable once the perimeter was lifted.

Overview

  • Police and emergency crews treated the child at the Falla Avinguda Reina Sofía site around 8:45 p.m. on San José and transferred him to Hospital La Fe.
  • Witness accounts and municipal information indicate the boy picked up a large pyrotechnic device that had not detonated during the prior display.
  • Local officers recovered amputated finger segments, preserved them on ice, and escorted the SAMU ambulance; surgeons later deemed reimplantation unlikely.
  • Las Provincias reports the National Police are probing possible negligence and say the case is before a judge, while ABC cites police sources stating no formal investigation is open and that a report has been sent to court for a decision.
  • Hospital staff describe serious injuries with guarded optimism about his evolution, and the mayor has contacted the family to check on his condition.