ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY MONDAY | MARCH 5, 2018 Local man Columbus water tower gets makeover hospitalized after trying to make own fireworks Tupelo Fire Department Bomb Squad checks home, removes materials DISPATCH STAFF REPORT A Columbus man was hospital- ized Sunday night after he appar- ently tried to make fireworks in his own living room. First responders with Columbus Police Department and Columbus Fire and Rescue responded to a call about a chemical injury at a home on 12th Street North at about 7:30 p.m., city spokesperson Joe Dillon said. The 27-year-old victim was taken to Baptist Memorial Hos- pital-Golden Triangle with non life-threatening chemical burns to his stomach, Dillon said. The man apparently was work- ing with fireworks’ chemicals Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff The water tower near the Riverwalk is covered in canvas shrouds Saturday to prevent debris from descending on when some of the material caught surrounding homes while Columbus Light and Water has the 2 million-gallon reservoir cleaned and painted. fire, causing the burns. Two other people in the residence drove the victim to Baptist Memorial Hospi- Columbus Light and Water tal-Golden Triangle. meets with nearby residents See FIREWORKS, 3A to explain projects BY SLIM SMITH
[email protected] LCSO searching Hal McClanahan’s neighbor to the north of his home on Second Street for man who cut South has always been pretty quiet. That changed Saturday morning. woman’s throat The hum of compressors and the hiss of the sand blasters could be Victim required heard a couple of blocks away, but McClanahan is taking it all in stride.