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Eckernförde (dpa / lno) - Accident while making fireworks in Schleswig-Holstein: A young man was seriously injured in Eckernförde while making fireworks.
The winter garden, in which he handled the chemicals on Tuesday, was destroyed and the parents' house was significantly damaged, the police said.
The 19-year-old suffered severe burns.
He was reportedly taken to a special clinic in Lübeck.
According to a police spokesman, life was in danger.
The explosion in his parents' row house occurred in the morning, according to the police.
The young man worked with the chemicals in the conservatory of the terraced house, which then exploded.
Neighboring houses were reportedly not affected.
Wehrführer Meint Behrmann from the Eckernförde volunteer fire brigade told the German Press Agency that the fire had already been out when the comrades arrived.
There must have been a jet of flame, but the fire probably extinguished itself due to the strong pressure wave.
The house was damaged in the explosion in the rear area to the garden, but is still habitable.
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A resident told the online portal shz.de about the explosion: "At first I thought of a naval maneuver, but it's never really that violent."
In Schleswig-Holstein, as everywhere in Germany, the sale of fireworks is prohibited.
Anyone who still has missiles or firecrackers from last year may not ignite them in inner-city locations, for example in Kiel, Flensburg or Lübeck.
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