The United States saw a dramatic increase in fireworks-related deaths and injuries last year. Here's how to stay safe.

Jeremiah McQuiston was pronounced dead at home on Saturday night following unsuccessful lifesaving efforts, authorities said.

One male was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The other male was pronounced dead on the scene.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported eight traffic deaths and zero fatalities on the waterways in preliminary numbers from the Fourth of July weekend counting period.

A Sauk County man died in a fireworks accident over the July Fourth holiday weekend and another died in an incident that police are still trying to figure out. Ethan Peper, 22, died in Cazenovia on Friday after falling off a pickup truck. Jeremiah Mcquiston, 46, died in La Valle the next day from a fireworks accident.