TUSKAHOMA, Okla. (KFOR) — A volunteer firefighter is back home tonight after fighting for his life in the hospital.

Brad Lewallen was badly burned in a fireworks malfunction over the July 4th holiday weekend in Tuskahoma.

In all, five people were hurt, one of them later died in the explosion.

For Lewallen, it has been an uphill battle ever since.

"It's kind of hard to decipher what was real and what was a dream," Lewallen said. "I do remember a spark, and I do remember the explosion. I remember waiting for the helicopters, talking to the paramedics."

A flash of light, then nothing, is how Lewallen describes what happened, saying it was all so quick.

"Then I wake up here," Lewallen said. "However, 20-some days later, and I was like, okay, it's July 3rd or 4th. I'm like, it's August so

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