{"id":166238,"date":"2026-02-06T05:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166238\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T05:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:09:08","slug":"teen-loses-hand-suffers-major-burns-after-firecracker-accident-in-oceanside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166238\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen loses hand, suffers major burns after firecracker accident in Oceanside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Oceanside-Fire-Truck.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Oceanside-Fire-Truck.jpg\" alt=\"Oceanside fire truck\" class=\"wp-image-48701\" style=\"width:775px;height:auto\"  \/><\/a>A Oceanside Fire Department vehicle. (File photo courtesy City of Oceanside)<\/p>\n<p>A teen boy suffered severe burns and injuries in Oceanside Thursday, including the loss of one of his hands, when a firecracker detonated while he was holding it.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred about 9 a.m. in the 300 block of North Horne Street, near Oceanside High School.<\/p>\n<p>The blast resulted in the \u201ctraumatic amputation\u201d of the 15-year-old\u2019s right hand, according to a news release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ci.oceanside.ca.us\/residents\/fire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oceanside Fire Department<\/a>, along with severe burns to the boy\u2019s chest and face. <\/p>\n<p>Paramedics airlifted him to a burn unit at UCSD Medical Center in San Diego for \u201cspecialized care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Private use of recreational incendiary devices is illegal in San Diego County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Oceanside Fire Department reminds the community that fireworks pose serious risks, especially to minors, and urges residents to follow all safety guidelines and local regulations regarding the use of fireworks,\u201d department officials said.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Oceanside Fire Department vehicle. (File photo courtesy City of Oceanside) A teen boy suffered severe burns and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3282,18332,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-166238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-oceanside","tag-oceanside-fire-department","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}