A rabbit escaped almost certain death after its teenage owner taped a powerful M-1000 firecracker to it, lit the fuse and tossed it into a lake in Castro Valley, Calif. Fortunately, the ...

Police arrested a 13-year-old boy in connection with the explosion, and he reportedly confessed to tossing the device, which was described as an altered M-1000 firecracker. The teen said ...

OAKLEY – A 13-year-old Oakley boy playing with a M-1000 firecracker Wednesday night lost portions of three fingers when it exploded in his hand, police said. The unidentified boy was playing ...

Authorities eventually determined the explosion was caused by an M-1000 firecracker, Cotton said. An M-1000 is a cylindrical firework, sometimes sold in boxes promising “maximum blast, ...

He then stopped and threw what turned out to be a M1000 firecracker into the street. M1000 firecrackers are illegal to manufacture or possess in the country without a proper license. The item ...

OaklandA youngster who threw a high-powered M-1000 firecracker onto bales of cardboard outside a recycling plant ignited a three-alarm blaze, witnesses told Oakland firefighters. Smoke from the ...

The 28-year-old man had blown off several fingers while lighting an illegal M-80 or M-1000 firecracker, police said. He was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.