"Every night, around 10, 11 o'clock at night, these big booms everywhere," Lewis said. Philadelphia 9-year-old, Isiah, says he sees his friends purchasing fireworks on cars and trucks on the street. Antoinnette Lewis, Isiah's grandmother, says the illegal firework show has been a nightly occurrence. MORE: Fireworks severely injure 12-year-old boy, hurt woman in wheelchair On Wednesday night, police say a firework was thrown at a woman in a wheelchair on 24th Street and Lehigh Avenue. The dangers of fireworks aren't just limited to those igniting them. On Tuesday, a 12-year-old boy nearly blew off his hand when he detonated a firework in the middle of the street in Kensington. Kenney's remarks come less than 24 hours after a 16-year-old girl accidentally detonated an illegal firework on the second floor of a home in East Germantown and blew off a portion of her foot.
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