Like many families, the Natalie Riding was looking forward to celebrating Bonfire night with her husband and children when a firework malfunctioned and left her son badly burned. The family had gathered to enjoy a private firework display . Her son was struck when a box firework blew out its sides, firing rockets in multiple directions with one exploding upon impact with the teenager: She said:“It was a horrific thing to go through, my husband lit the firework and as he walked away I realised something was wrong.
"It started firing out through the sides instead of straight up and I screamed at my family to run, it was one of the big 15-shooter boxes you can buy from supermarkets so the fireworks exiting it were sizeable. "As he ran away one of them struck my eldest and it exploded on him as it would do in the sky.” The explosion burnt her son below the waist and all over both of his hands.
As a health care assistant in critical care herself, Natalie’s quick thinking meant his injuries were prevented from getting worse. (Image: NHS) READ MORE: Bolton's bonfire and firework displays taking place Fi Firefighter honoured at Buckingham Palace She said: “His hands took most of the impact and his gloves began to melt onto him, although if he wasn’t wearing gloves he would have likely lost his fingers entirely. "He pulled them off whilst letting out this kind of scream I’d never heard before and I rushed him upstairs and put him in a cool shower whilst we called 999.
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