A Fourth of July firework injured 37 people in Iowa when it misfired, sending a fireball into a crowd of spectators. The full story can be found at cnn.com, here

Witnesses told the Charles City Press that a large fireball veered toward the crowd gathered downtown on lawn chairs and blankets.

"It was like a bunch of little fireworks just coming toward us," said spectator Emily Watson. "They started to explode. It was just like skating right across the street and then I saw them exploding right in the street here. ... In a split second, it started coming at me."

Brenda Schweiger said she feared for her life.

"My exact thought was, 'This is it, we're going to die,'" she said.

While most of the people treated in this incident suffered only minor injuries,the article went on to describe a few more serious consequences to beauty gone wrong this year including a man losing part of his leg in Ohio and 6-year-old girl with second degree burns in New York.

Have any of you ever had any close calls with fireworks? How did all of you celebrate the fourth this year?

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