Justin Bartek dies after lighting firework off chest in Texas

According to local media reports, Justin Bartek, 30, died in Columbus, Texas, on Tuesday after he was critically injured from a firework that ignited on his torso.

“He just had an infectious spirit, whenever you met him you met a friend”, said friend Erica Jackson.

Justin Bartek was with friends at a popular fishing spot along the Colorado River in the town of Columbus.

A postal worker and a well-liked member of the small Columbus community, Bartek is remembered as a generous, happy person. “I was driving by to go to the post office and i saw a postal truck and just habit is to go wave and it wasn’t him”. Investigators believe it was an accident and will conduct an autopsy. Friends have now set up a GoFundMe page for people wishing to contribute towards Braxton’s future. But if we did, we would certainly want to make sure we were able to grieve with our families and not worry or think about anything else but the love of our families.

His death is just the latest involving fireworks in recent days: 22-year-old Devon Staples was killed instantly in Maine after shooting a firework off of his head on July 4.

Mr Staples, who reportedly worked at Disney World as Beauty and the Beast character Gaston, was killed instantly when the device exploded.

“They’re going to say, “Well, you can’t regulate stupidity”… and it’s true, you can’t”. There was no rushing him to the hospital.

His mother told The New York Daily News that her other son was also injured on July 4, but didn’t specify how. “It was a freak accident”.