A gardener working on a property in Torrance, California, lost his fingers and vision in one eye after an undetonated firework he unknowingly picked up exploded in his hand.
Hector Mayoral, 37, was mowing a lawn on July 8 and noticed an item on the ground surrounded by trash that he did not recognize, according to FOX 11 LA.
Mayoral went to pick up the object with the intention of throwing it away, but when he grabbed the item, which he described as a little ball, it blew up.