California man's hand is blown off while he's doing Fourth of July cleanup

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Set us as preferred It was an ordinary day in Crescent City.Jason Turner and his girlfriend were taking a stroll on Point St.

George Beach, picking up leftover Fourth of July fireworks debris along the way, when they noticed a shiny box with nails sticking out of it.“He went down to pick it up, and I was like, ‘No,’ and then that was the last thing I remembered,” said Pamala Ganfield, 40.The firework-like explosive blew up in Turner’s hand, causing injuries so severe he lost his left hand and a major part of his arm.California Fourth of July fireworks sparked dangerous explosions and raging fires across Southern California, leaving several injured and displacing families.Ganfield described the ordeal as a scene straight out of a horror movie.“It looked like something out of a murder scene, the way he was bleeding and the way that his hand was gushing,” she said.Capt.

Kyle Stevens of the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office told the San Francisco Chronicle that the office believed the roughly 6-inch-long object was a homemade firework.Authorities were informed of the explosion around 4 p.m.

Sunday, and when they arrived they found Turner in a parking lot.The Sheriff’s Office did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment from The Times.The 44-year-old was taken to Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City, Stevens told the Chronicle, and is now at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.California The K-9 was named Santi, he was a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois and had been with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office for four years.In addition to losing his hand, Turner is experiencing vision and hearing loss, and it’s unknown whether his senses will fully return.Ganfield said she wasn’t hurt and is prioritizing Turner’s recovery.“When everything calms down and slows down a little bit, I need to get my hear...