Man dies after launching firework from top of his head in US

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NEW YORK: 22-year old Devon Staples died when he launched a firework off the top of his head in connection with the fourth of July celebrations in US.

Devon Staples and his friends were drinking and setting off fireworks on Saturday night in the backyard of his friend’s home in eastern Maine.

Staples, 22, of Calais, a small city on the Canadian border, placed a reloadable fireworks mortar tube on his head, ignited it and was killed instantly.