Woman dies after fireworks explode in her clothes

A 38-year-old woman died as she was celebrating with her family on a beach in Praia Grande, Sao Paulo, when an alleged unauthorised firework display took place, in Brazil.

A cousin of the victim told the police that she was in the sand strip when the incident occurred, according to the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP).

The mother reportedly suffered injuries to her chest and arm from which she died right in front of her two children.

The death is now being treated as a homicide investigation.

The firework did not belong to Tinem or her family, prompting local police to investigate the incident as a homicide, the report said.

“The City Hall also points out that the device that hit the victim did not come from the official fireworks of the City Hall,” they said in a statement.