Fireworks explosion hits 12-year-old boy in the face in face in Port Moody, B.C.

PORT MOODY — A 12-year-old boy has been hospitalized after a fireworks explosion set off by one of his friends struck him in the face in Port Moody, B.C.

Police in the city say it happened on Friday night, when a caller reported a group of youth setting off fireworks near a recreation complex.

The department says officers who arrived at the scene were “surprised” to find the boy who had just been injured.

Police say others in the group fled but were found a short distance away.