FirePower representative remains in critical condition

The Fire­Pow­er Fire­works rep­re­sen­ta­tive who suf­fered third-de­gree burns when fire­works ac­ci­den­tal­ly dis­charged dur­ing prepa­ra­tions for Mon­day’s In­de­pen­dence Day dis­play at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, re­mains in crit­i­cal con­di­tion at the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, Jen­nifer Cz­erep­ka, 45, of Flori­da, was at­tach­ing an elec­tron­ic match to a fire­work mo­tor hous­ing when it ac­ci­den­tal­ly ig­nit­ed, caus­ing the fire­works to dis­charge and ex­plode.

Cz­erep­ka suf­fered third-de­gree burns to the full an­te­ri­or of her body and was rushed to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal by a Fire Ser­vice am­bu­lance for treat­ment.