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Police: South Carolina man holding firework above head killed in explosion

FILE PHOTO: Floyd Temple, 61, was lighting off various fireworks set up in his front yard when he lit a large mortar facing the wrong way and the incendiary accelerated into his chest, police said. 

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Authorities say a 29-year-old South Carolina man has died after suffered burns and other injuries while holding a firework over his head on the Fourth of July.

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Spartanburg Police spokesman Art Littlejohn said the firework exploded while the man was holding it on Independence Day in a Spartanburg neighborhood.

Authorities said Desmond Tayshaun Hines suffered burns to his right hand and forehead and other injuries from the explosion.

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Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger says he's reviewing results of an autopsy and the police investigation before determining the exact cause of Hines' death.

Associated Press

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