Man’s hand blown off by explosive as he cleans July Fourth debris off California beach

A man lost his hand when an explosive device detonated while he was cleaning up Fourth of July firework debris on a Northern California beach.

A man lost his hand when an explosive device detonated while he was cleaning up Fourth of July firework debris on a Northern California beach.

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Jason Turner and his girlfriend were walking along Point St. George Beach in Del Norte County on Sunday, picking up firework remnants from the day before to help keep the beach clean, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up by his daughter, Ashley Turner.

Turner picked up a “bomb-like device that unexpectedly went off,” causing an explosion that “resulted in the loss of his hand,” his daughter wrote.