Seasonal fireworks retailers begin sales throughout state on Saturday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Seasonal retailers can begin selling fireworks on Saturday and will be able to through Friday, July 10, a press release from the state fire marshal’s office says.

Through June 11, the Division of Fire Safety issued 1,129 permits to seasonal retailers, the release says.

The release says officials expect to see an uptick in the use of fireworks this year because of the country’s 250^th anniversary and the World Cup taking place.

In 2025, 358 people in Missouri went to a hospital for fireworks-related issues, with 316 being treated in the emergency rooms and released and 42 were admitted to a hospital, the release says. There were 288 fireworks-related injuries in the three weeks leading up to and after the Fourth of July, the release says.

Around the country in 2024, 11 people died in fireworks-related issued, 14,700 were treated for injuries in emergency rooms and 1,700 injuries that involved sparklers required emergency room treatment.