"Two 18-year-old men have died after suffering fatal facial injuries in separate accidents involving homemade fireworks in the western German city of Bielefeld, police said early Thursday. Both incidents happened on New Year's Eve at different locations in the city in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Police said one teenager died at the scene in the Baumheide district. The second victim was critically injured in the Brake district and later died in at the hospital despite resuscitation efforts."
"Other serious fireworks-related injuries have been reported elsewhere in Germany. A 23-year-old man lost his left hand near Rostock in northeastern Germany when a firecracker exploded, police said. In Berlin, five people were admitted to the Berlin Accident Hospital with fireworks injuries by 10:30 pm on Wednesday, according to the hospital, with two seriously injured. In Leipzig, police said a 16-year-old girl lost her little finger and part of her ring finger after trying to light illegal fireworks."
Two 18-year-old men died from fatal facial injuries in separate homemade-fireworks accidents in Bielefeld on New Year's Eve. One victim died at the scene in the Baumheide district and the other was critically injured in the Brake district, later dying in hospital despite resuscitation. The specific type of fireworks has not been disclosed. Police reported witnesses in both cases and no initial indications of third-party involvement. Additional serious fireworks injuries occurred elsewhere in Germany, including a man who lost a hand near Rostock, multiple admissions in Berlin with two serious injuries, and a teenager in Leipzig who lost fingers lighting illegal fireworks.
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