– We assume that he ignited a homemade firework, says Morten Schultz, chief physician in Odense, to Danish TV2.
– It has exploded right up in his face. He suffered very serious head injuries. It was really violent.
The man was taken to hospital, but his life could not be saved.
Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen counts over 20 cases of eye damage as a result of fireworks, reports the news agency Ritzau. In Odense, doctors say that several young men have lost fingers in fireworks accidents, according to TT.
Also in Germany, several people have died from fireworks, some of which were homemade according to Khaleej Times.
The text is updated.