The
fact is well known that relatively many humans are hurt by fireworks. It
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to hurt other humans
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to hurt or kill animals
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to destroy property/intentionally to damage property.
There
follows a list of more than 70 countries, documenting many accidents caused by
fireworks. This list
does not claim to be complete, it is only a little part of all the accidents
caused by fireworks every day all over the world. This list is being continually
You find a separate site of the fireworks accidents in Enschede/Netherlands and Kolding/Denmark and at the bottom of this site more information about the Fire in Buenos Aires/Argentina.
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13.5.2000: Devastating Explosion in
S.E. Fireworks Factory, Enschede/Netherlands |
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30.12.2004:
Fire in a club in Buenos Aires/Argentina because concertgoers set off
fireworks à
175 killed, 700 injured |
The
reports mentioned stem from Internet, television and the press. The
This proves very clearly that we have to do here with a
problem worldwide.
| America 1926-2005 | Germany 1921-2008(only in German) | Pakistan |
| America 2006-2009 | Germany 2009-2010(only in German) | Peru |
| America 2010 | Greece | The Philippines |
| Argentina | Guatemala | Poland |
| Australia | Hungary | Portugal |
| Austria (only in German) | Iceland | Romania |
| Barbados | India | Russia |
| Belgium | Indonesia | Saudi Arabia |
| Brazil | Iran | Slovenia |
| Bulgaria | Ireland | South Africa |
| Canada | Israel | Spain |
| China | Italy | Sri Lanka |
| Costa Rica | Japan | Sweden |
| Croatia | Kuwait | Switzerland (only in German) |
| Cyprus | Lebanon | Taiwan |
| Czech Republic | Luxembourg (only in German) | Thailand |
| Denmark | Malaysia | Turkey |
| Dominican Republic | Malta | Ukraine |
| Ecuador | Mexico | United Arab Emirates |
| East Africa | Mongolia | Venezuela |
| England (English spoken version) | The Netherlands | Vietnam |
| Finland | New Zealand | Yemen |
| France | Nigeria | Yugoslavia (only in German) |
| Georgia | Norway |
* When there is nothing specially mentioned behind the name of the country, then the information will be in English and/or in English and German.
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Please
use the "back button" of your browser, if you want to come back from
one of the sites of the above-list to this site.
Another interesting site for you may be Fireworks Lawsuits (still in work).
Here
you can find a site with different statements
about "the danger of fireworks".
Another
problem: illegal fireworks. You
can find here some infos about that, too.
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Explosions in fireworks factories:
The
following listing of explosions in fireworks factories is by no means
An
* after the name of the country means that we have to do with an illegal
The
reports covering fireworks accidents are from the Internet, television
If
somebody wishes to obtain more information on a specific event, it can be
| Date | Town/Country |
Dead | Injured | Damage to property |
| 11.5.2011 | Hussainganj village (India) | 3 (2 children of it) | 2 | |
| 26.4.2011 | Tuticorin district (India) | 3 | 1 | |
| 28.4.2011 | Nathikudi village (India) | 4 | 3 | |
| 3.3.2011 | Kimbulapitiya (Sri Lanka) | 1 | 1 | |
| 14.1.2011 | Ketou Township (China) | 1 | 3 | |
| 13.1.2011 | Tambon Ban Koh (Thailand) * | 3 | 1 | |
| 13.1.2011 | Shendu Village (China) * | 9 | 2 | |
| 10.1.2011 | Santa Venerina (Italy) | 2 | 1 | |
| 8.1.2011 | Fajjupur village (India) * | 3 | 7 (1 child of it) | 10 missed |
| 24.11.2010 | Fengning County (China) | 6 | 10 | |
| 22.11.2010 | Ganja village (India) * | 2 | ||
| 17.11.2010 | Matale (Sri Lanka) | 1 | ||
| 15.11.2010 | Angat town (Philippines) * | 1 | 9 | |
| 31.10.2010 | Amritsar (India) * | 1 | 4 | |
| 30.10.2010 | Mexico City (Mexico) * | 6 (2 children of it) | 12 | |
| 23.10.2010 | Maharajganj (India) | 5 (3 children of it) | 6 | |
| 23.10.2010 | Naurangabad village (India) * | 3 | 4 | |
| 17.10.2010 | Kolaghat town (India) * | 3 | several | |
| 16.10.2010 | Dongguan City (China) * | 1 | 11 | 2 missed |
| 14.10.2010 | Payag village (India) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2.10.2010 | Harbanspura (Pakistan) | 2 | 6 | |
| 28.9.2010 | Mirjanagar village (India) | 4 | 2 | |
| 11.9.2010 | Qianying village (China) * | 6 | 4 | |
| 8.9.2010 | Chiclayo (Peru) * | 6 | 5 | |
| 5.9.2010 | Gharb (Malta) | 6 | ||
| 22.8.2010 | Qinzhou City (China) | 6 | 11 | |
| 16.8.2010 | Yichun City (China) * | 33 | 141 | 3 missed |
| 13.8.2010 | Dwejra (Malta) | 1 | ||
| 10.8.2010 | Pedavelamilli village (India) * | 8 | several | |
| 5.8.2010 | Kothainachiyarpuram (India) * | 1 child | ||
| 4.8.2010 | Niwadi area (India) * | 3 children | ||
| 1.8.2010 | Pallipad (India) * | 3 | 5 | |
| 16.6.2010 | Vadapatti (India) | 4 | 8 | |
| 3.6.2010 | Benacazon (Spain) | 4 | 1 | |
| 28.5.2010 | Malkoki Village (Pakistan) | 5 | 12 | |
| 23.5.2010 | Iloilo City (Philippines) | 4 | 9 | |
| 4.5.2010 | Khata Nagaria village (India) | 3 | 8 | |
| 4.5.2010 | Tas-Silg (Malta) | 1 | 4 | |
| 22.2.2010 | Qormi (Malta) | 2 | 2 | |
| 3.2.2010 | Dachang Village (China) | 4 | 6 | |
| 27.1.2010 | Zhaohao Village (China) * | 6 | 8 | |
| 26.1.2010 | Taolin Town (China) | 3 | ||
| 10.1.2010 | Anhui Province (China) * | 4 (one child of it) | 2 | |
| 1.1.2010 | Pucheng County (China) | 9 | 8 | |
| 28.11.2009 | Gaozuo town (China) | 3 | 4 | |
| 12.11.2009 | Yanghui Village (China) * | 2 children | 12 (11 children of it) | |
| 10.11.2009 | Dafuzhuang Village (China) | 3 | 1 | |
| 30.10.2009 | Gujrawala (Pakistan) | 1 | 3 | |
| 28.10.2009 | Partida village (Philippines) | |||
| 24.10.2009 | Bidnija (Malta) | 1 | 2 | |
| 16.10.2009 | Beed (India) | 2 | ||
| 14.10.2009 | Shikonhabad city (India) | 1 | 1 girl | |
| 13.9.2009 | Nagla Gola village (India) | 2 | 2 | |
| 29.8.2009 | Mettamalai (India) | 2 | 3 | |
| 19.8.2009 | Teror (Spain) | 2 | 38 | |
| 18.8.2009 | Bacolod City (Philippines) | 1 | ||
| 17.8.2009 | Hendek (Turkey) | 1 | 37 | |
| 26.7.2009 | near Sivakasi (India) * | 1 | ||
| 20.7.2009 | Namaskarichanpatti (India) | 15 | more than 25 | |
| 15.7.2009 | Muridke (Pakistan) * | 6 (one child of it) | 12 | |
| 7.7.2009 | Vadakkampatti (India) | 18 | more than 25 | |
| 27.6.2009 | Guzhuangying Village (China) * | 6 | 4 | |
| 26.6.2009 | Karachi (Pakistan) * | 4 | 26 | |
| 25.5.2009 | Dastagiripeta Harijanwada (India) * | 3 | 9 | |
| 8.5.2009 | Qinzhou City (China) | 4 | ||
| 8.5.2009 | Yishui County (China) | 2 | 1 | |
| 7.5.2009 | Tanbu Town (China) | 3 | 4 | |
| 2.5.2009 | Yangzhuangzi village (China) * | 13 | 2 | |
| 26.4.2009 | Chaineyajjeypur Village (India) * | 2 | 1 child | |
| 10.4.2009 | Parola (India) | 24 | 48 | |
| 29.3.2009 | Nuapalli village (India) | 3 | 12 | |
| 9.3.2009 | Amritsar (India) * | 2 | 2 | |
| 26.2.2009 | Mezhathur (India) | 5 | 8 | |
| 7.2.2009 | Pingqiao Village (China) * | 6 | 9 | |
| 29.1.2009 | Trece Martires City (Philippines) | 11 | more than 61 | The factory was levelled to the ground and 135 houses were damaged. |
| 25.1.2005 | Baranagar (India) * | 1 | 3 | |
| 23.1.2009 | Yanhe County (China) * | 6 | 5 | |
| 23.1.2009 | Campo de Mirra (Spain) | 3 | ||
| 11.1.2009 | Qingtan town (China) | 5 | 9 | |
| 4.1.2009 | Guozhuang Town (China) * | 1 | ||
| 3.1.2009 | Weifang City (China) * | 13 | 2 | |
| 21.11.2008 | Tancheng County (China) | 2 | 1 | |
| 16.11.2008 | Xiapai Village (China) * | 4 (one child of it) | 2 (one teenager of it) | |
| 26.10.2008 | Burewala (Pakistan) * | 3 (one teenager of it) | 6 | |
| 28.9.2008 | Gunduripada village (India) | 8 (7 children of it) | ||
| 8.9.2008 | Maheshtala (India) | 1 | ||
| 30.8.2008 | Sijiazi Township (China) | 15 | 6 | |
| 16.8.2008 | Ahmed Nagar Village (Pakistan) | 1 boy | 1 teenager | |
| 17.7.2008 | Visakhapatnam (India) * | 8 (2 children of it) | 7 | |
| 23.6.2008 | Abdullah Town (Pakistan) * | 4 (3 children of it) | 1 | |
| 14.6.2008 | Majaal Wala (Pakistan) | 3 children and 1 teenager | 2 | |
| 19.4.2008 | Jehanabad (India) * | 7 (3 children of it) | 4 | |
| 23.3.2008 | Chawinda (Pakistan) | 1 | 1 | |
| 15.3.2008 | Liujing Town (China) | 4 | 1 | |
| 7.2.2008 | Anuppankulam (India) | 1 | ||
| 6.2.2008 | Castiglione in Teverina, in the Province of Viterbo (Italy) | 4 | 1 | |
| 31.1.2008 | Istanbul (Turkey) * | 23 | 117 | |
| 20.1.2008 | Duanguzhuang Village, Luancheng District, Hebei Province (China) * | 6 | 1 | |
| 8.1.2008 | Sanbing Town (China) | 3 | 2 | |
| 8.12.2007 | Wallerawang (Australia) | 20 buildings on the site have been completely destroyed and 30 others have been damaged. | ||
| 8.12.2007 | Liuyang City (China) | 6 | 2 | 2 missed |
| 3.12.2007 | Jinchang Gouliang Township in Chifeng City (China) | 1 | 8 | 1 missed |
| 30.11.2007 | Chengdu (China) * | 6 | 4 | |
| 28.11.2007 | Yangjiazhuang Township in the Yangquan City (China) | 11 | 8 | |
| 27.11.2007 | Hunan Province (China) * | 13 | 6 | |
| 26.11.2007 | Lija (Malta) | 1 | ||
| 24.11.2007 | Xiashetang village (China) * | 3 | 13 | |
| 15.11.2007 | Zurrieq (Malta) | 2 | ||
| 2.11.2007 | Maioli County (Taiwan) | 4 | 5 | |
| 29.10.2007 | Suthakulam village (India) | 1 | 7 | the building was razed to the ground |
| 21.10.2007 | Hong'an Town (China)* | 17 | 15 | 2 missed / three houses destroyed |
| 21.10.2007 | Sijiazizhen area of Chifeng City (China) | 2 | 10 missed | |
| 12.10.2007 | Raipur Phulwari village, state of Uttar Pradesh (India) | 5 | 2 | |
| 12.10.2007 | Katra Mednipur town (India) | 3 | many | |
| 12.10.2007 | Rajahmundry, state of Andhra Pradesh (India) | 1 | 6 | 5 other houses were damaged |
| 1.10.2007 | Kakori (India) | 1 child | 2 (1 child of it) | |
| 24.9.2007 | Hooghly village (India)* | 4 (3 children of it | 1 | |
| 23.9.2007 | Peeru Banda Mohalla (India)* | 1 | 2 | |
| 28.8.2007 | Chifeng City (Inner Mongolia) | 5 | 10 | |
| 28.8.2007 | Kalapara village (India)* | 3 children | ||
| 27.8.2007 | Jeevangarh locality (India) | 3 (1 child of it) | 15 | |
| 23.8.2007 | Zafarganj area (India) | 3 | ||
| 18.8.2007 | Valangaiman village (India) | 1 | 2 | |
| 26.7.2007 | Farrukhnagar Village (India) | 12(5 children of it) | ||
| 21.7.2007 | Naples (Italy) | 5 | ||
| 10.7.2007 | Pankapal Village (India)* | 1 | 2 | |
| 7.7.2007 | Vadamalapuram (India) | 2 | ||
| 27.6.2007 | Gharghur (Malta) | 5 | 1 | fireworks factory completely destroyed |
| 12.6.2007 | Narayanapuram (India) | 5 | 2 | |
| 9.6.2007 | Rohtak (India) | 3 | 11 | |
| 12.5.2007 | Nagapalayam (India) | 1 | 4 | |
| 11.5.2007 | Montegiorgio (Italy) | 2 | 22 | |
| 25.4.2007 | Tous (Spain) | 1 | 2 | |
| 23.4.2007 | Gragnano (Italy) | 3 | 2 | |
| 5.4.2007 | Keelthiruthangal village (India) | 2 | 3 | |
| 31.3.2007 | Pookode (India)* | 6 | 5 | |
| 30.3.2007 | Maoming, Guangdong Province (China) | 4 | 6 | |
| 13.2.2007 | Anaiyur (India) | 3 | ||
| 24.1.2007 | Duraisamipuram (India) | 3 | 8 | |
| 5.1.2007 | Poolavoorani village (India) | 3 | 3 | |
| 30.12.2006 | Barangay Bacayao Norte (Philippines) | 1 | 3 (2 children of it) | |
| 30.12.2006 | Bhadrak (India) | 2 | ||
| 27.12.2006 | San Diego Huhuecalco (Mexico) | 2 | 1 | |
| 22.12.2006 | Miaoli County (Taiwan) | 1 | ||
| 4.12.2006 | Barangay San Jose (Philippines) | 2 | ||
| 3.12.2006 | Marley Farm, East Sussex (England) | 2 | 12 | |
| 24.11.2006 | Hinigaran town (Philippines) | 1 | 1 | |
| 15.11.2006 | Genesee township (America) | 3 | ||
| 4.11.2006 | Singampatti village, Virudhunagar district (India) | 6 | 63 | |
| 4.11.2006 | Jiangchuan County, Yunnan Province (China) | 7 | 32 | |
| 20.10.2006 | Jatani town (India) | 1 | ||
| 17.10.2006 | Capulhuac (Mexico) | 4 | 1 | |
| 14.10.2006 | Ballia village (India) | 4 | ||
| 9.10.2006 | Bibipur (India)* | 7 (1 child of it) | 10 | |
| 8.10.2006 | Pambattipatti (India)* | 5 children | ||
| 7.10.2006 | Kuraoli town (India)* | 3 (2 children of it) | 12 | 3 houses were destroyed and over half-a-dozen others suffered cracks |
| 29.9.2006 | Meenampatti (India) | 4 | 29 | |
| 29.9.2006 | Anuppankulam (India) | 3 | 12 | |
| 15.9.2006 | Chockalingapuram (India) | 2 | 1 | |
| 9.9.2006 | Rae Bareli village (India) | 2 | ||
| 8.9.2006 | Pereiro de Aguilar (Spain) | 2 | ||
| 6.9.2006 | Jharsuguda (India) | 2 | ||
| 24.8.2006 | Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh State (India)* | 7 children | 10 children | |
| 19.8.2006 | Panshi, Shizui Township, Jilin Province (China) | 7 | 2 | |
| 29.7.2006 | Naduveerapattu Village (India) | 1 | ||
| 10.7.2006 | Hunan Province (China)* | 7 | 3 | |
| 7.7.2006 | Village of Dongzhai, Shanxi Province (China)* | 47 | 20 | |
| 11.6.2006 | Mazhuang Village, Anhui Province (China)* | 7 | 12 | |
| 22.5.2006 | Anping County, Hebei Province (China) | 2 | 4 | |
| 21.5.2006 | Phetchaburi (Thailand) | 6 (3 children of it) | 16 (6 children of it) | |
| 15.5.2006 | Arsikere (India) | 6 (1 child of it) | ||
| 4.5.2006 | Akkaraparambu (India) | 7 | 11 | Homes in a 4-km radius around the fireworks shed sustained damages; around 20 houses nearby had their roofs blown off. |
| 20.4.2006 | Pernayakanpatti (India) | 4 | ||
| 7.4.2006 | Jinxian County, Jiangxi Province (China) | 3 | 4 | |
| 1.4.2006 | Pianguan, Shanxi Province (China) | 8 | (1 worker missed) | |
| 30.3.2006 | Chajaal (Guatemala) | 4 | 12 | factory destroyed, buildings up to 1,640 feet away damaged |
| 15.3.2006 | Stafford (America)* | 2 | ||
| 3.3.2006 | Balambadi Village (India) | 3 | ||
| 1.3.2006 | Clarksville (America) | 2 | ||
| 22.2.2006 | Maraneri Village (India) | 10 | 12 | |
| 21.2.2006 | Yame (Japan) | 1 | ||
| 19.2.2006 | Nalabanta Village (India) | 2 | 3 | |
| 25.1.2006 | Linfen City (North China)* | 4 | 6 | |
| 24.1.2006 | Imamia Colony, Shahdara (Pakistan) | 13 | ||
| 18.1.2006 | Murukumpuzha (India) | 1 | ||
| 1.1.2006 | Arikady (India) | 3 | ||
| 12.12.2005 | Karikkunnam (India) | 1 | 3 | |
| 27.11.2005 | Cuiweiyuan Village, Wuqiang County, Hebei Province (China)* | 4 | 3 | |
| 22.11.2005 | Town of Magdalena Apasco (Mexico)* | 5 (2 children of it) | ||
| 25.10.2005 | Yizhang County, Jiangxi Province (China)* | 6 | 4 | |
| 11.10.2005 | LapuLapu City (Philippines) | 2 (1 child of it) | 3 | |
| 3.10.2005 | Bhullar village (India)* | 3 (children) | 2 (1 child of it) | |
| 3.10.2005 | Guangedian Village (China)* | 6 | 6 (1 child of it) | |
| 15.9.2005 | Yiyang City (China) | 13 | 4 | |
| 15.9.2005 | Khusropur Village (India) | 35 (10 children of it) | 50 | |
| 15.9.2005 | Jinzhou City (China)* | 1 | 2 | |
| 14.9.2005 | Iklin (Malta) | 1 | ||
| 13.9.2005 | Kimbulapitiya (Sri Lanka) | 3 | ||
| 12.9.2005 | Pichyanaickanpatti Village (India) | 7 | 2 | |
| 17.8.2005 | Kotli City (Pakistan) | 1 | 1 | |
| 25.7.2005 | Anuppankulam (India) | 6 | ||
| 13.7.2005 | Guacara (Venezuela) | 2 | 5 | |
| 4.7.2005 | Wied Qirda (Malta) | 3 | 4 | |
| 2.7.2005 | Meenampatti Village (India) | 11 | 17 | |
| 1.7.2005 | San Pedro do Sul (Portugal) | 3 | 1 | |
| 9.6.2005 | Istanbul (Turkey) | 6 (1 child of it) | 1 (2 missed) | |
| 28.4.2005 | Baojing Village (China) | 5 | many | |
| 18.4.2005 | Virudhunagar District (India) | 2 | 3 | |
| 22.2.2005 | Bad Windsheim (Germany) | 1 | ||
| 28.1.2005 | Dingzhou City, Hebei Province (China)* | 5 | ||
| 27.1.2005 | Xingtai City, Hebei Province (China)* | 2 | ||
| 27.1.2005 | Hengshui City, Hebei Province (China)* | 2 | 1 | |
| 12.1.2005 | Shanxi (China) | 25 | 9 | |
| 6.11.2004 | Andra Prades state (India)* | 13 | 12 | |
| 4.11.2004 | Srikakulam (India)* | 13 | 13 | |
| 4.11.2004 | Glumsö (Denmark) | 1 | ||
| 3.11.2004 | Kolding (Denmark) | 1 | 17 | 20 houses were ruined, 350 houses were damaged to some extent, 2000 people were evaquated |
| 18.10.2004 | Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh (India)* | 5 (2 children of it) | ||
| 13.10.2004 | San Juan Xiutetelco (Mexico)* | 2 | ||
| 4.10.2004 | Baishishui Township of Pubei County (China) | 34 | 52 | |
| 16.9.2004 | Baihe Village, Hunan Province (Central China) | 10 | 12 | |
| 13.9.2004 | Salerno (Italy)* | 1 | ||
| 6.9.2004 | South of Madrid (Spain)* | 2 | 17 | |
| 3.9.2004 | Village Chinnavadi (India) | 2 | 18 | |
| 5.8.2004 | Törökbalint (Hungary) | 3 | 10 | 401.768 Euro/30 houses and 50 cars damaged to some extent. |
| 27.7.2004 | Near Yakupur Village (India) | 8 | 6 | |
| 18.6.2004 | Granada (Spain) | 1 | 2 | |
| 10.6.2004 | Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province (China) | 16 | 3 | (The blast left a crater measuring 80 square metres.) |
| 7.6.2004 | Chiayi County (Taiwan)* | 6 | 4 | |
| 4.10.2004 | Ayuthaya (Thailand)* | 14 | 2 | |
| 3.9.2004 | Village Chinnavadi (India) | 2 | 18 | |
| 24.7.2004 | Village Anaiyur (India) | 2 | ||
| 5.7.2004 | Neapel (Italy) | 5 | 2 | |
| 13.5.2004 | Yaoshang Village (China) * | 3 | 3 | |
| 22.4.2004 | Jiaocunmiao Village, Shandong Province (China)* | 14 | 5 | 15 houses were ruined, 63 houses were damaged to some extent. |
| 19.4.2004 | Village Kalayarkurichi (India) | 5 | 2 | |
| 4.4.2004 | Wadakkenchery (India) | 2 | ||
| 23.3.2004 | Makwana (Pakistan) | 1 | 5 | |
| 23.2.2004 | Kazipur village (India) | 2 | ||
| 2.1.2004 | Liling city, Hunan province (Central China) | 11 (2 children of it) | ||
| 30.12.2003 | Shuangmiaozi Town, Liaoning Province (China) | 36 | 44 | 2 halls of the factory destroyed and houses nearby on fire |
| 9.12.2003 | Lutang village, Huaninan city, Anhui province (east China) * | 2 | 10 | |
| 2.12.2003 | Texcoco (Mexico)* | 5 (1 child of it) | ||
| 16.11.2003 | Xinxiu Village, Hepu County (China) | 12 | many | |
| 16.11.2003 | Tung Hsiao town (Taiwan) | 5 (2 children of it) | 14 | |
| 13.10.2003 | Nalabanta Village (India)* | 2 | 2 | |
| 10.10.2003 | Haryana (India)* | 1 | 3 | |
| 6.10.2003 | Kasur (Pakistan) | 4 | 9 | |
| 27.9.2003 | Tapeshwaram Village (Pakistan)* | 3 | 2 | neighbouring houses were also damaged |
| 26.9.2003 | Andra Pradesh (India)* | 4 | 4 | |
| 17.9.2003 | Andhamuni Village (India) | 4 | 5 | |
| 11.9.2003 | Beihai City (China) | 7 | 46 (2 missing) | |
| 10.9.2003 | Puebla (Mexico)* | 6 | 12 | |
| 5.9.2003 | Binyang county in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) * | 4 | 2 | |
| 27.8.2003 | Shadi (China) * | 20 | 30 | 5 houses destroyed, 20 damaged |
| 11.8.2003 | Sanctorum Espanita (Mexico)* | 7 (2 teenager of it) | ||
| 11.8.2003 | Meyyur Village (India) | 1 | ||
| 31.7.2003 | Fujian province (southeast China) | 2 | 6 | 13 persons missed, houses damaged about 400 metres round the factory |
| 28.7.2003 | Xinji City,Wangkou Township, Hebei Province (China) | 32 | 141 | |
| 26.6.2003 | Liling, province Hunan (China) | 9 | 2 | |
| 24.4.2003 | Mqabba (Malta) | 1 | ||
| 11.4.2003 | Kagoshima (Japan) | 10 | 4 | 3 buildings come up in flames |
| 22.3.2003 | Velloor (India) | 4 | ||
| 18.2.2003 | Ravuthampatti Village (India) | 2 | ||
| 28.12.2002 | Shiling, Centralprovince Jiangxi (China) | 34 (16 children of it) | explosion led to further explosion in school convenient beside it | |
| 3.12.2002 | Northchina * | 13 | ||
| 5.11.2002 | Meiselding (Austria) | 1 | ||
| 27.10.2002 | Chomu (India) | 11 | 2 | |
| 24.10.2002 | Kajwalichak, Kotwali (India) | 4 | 2 | |
| 23.10.2002 | Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu state (India) | 10 | 8 | |
| 21.9.2002 | Kalibakung Village near Slawi (Indonesia) | 15 | 21 | |
| 30.8.2002 | Visciano (Italy) | 3 | 1 | Factory destroyed |
| 28.4.2002 | Iklin (Malta) | 1 | ||
| 22.4.2002 | Aesch (Switzerland) | 0 | 0 | 1 building destroyed, buildings near by substantial damaged |
| 26.3.2002 | Mqabba (Malta) | 3 | The storeroom was in imminent danger to explode, this led to the evacuation of the area surrounding the fireworks factory | |
| 6.3.2002 | Perth (Westaustralia) | 0 | 0 | additionally bush fires were released |
| 25.2.2002 | Yanshui (Taiwan) * | 6 (1 child of it) | ||
| 30.1.2002 | Jinagxi (China) | |||
| 21.1.2002 | Province Hunan (South China) * | 6 | ||
| 7.1.2002 | Shangli, province Jiangxi (China) | 3 | more than 20 | |
| 2.1.2002 | The East of China | 29 | ||
| 30.12.2001 | Huangmao, Wanzai, province Jiangxi (China) | 34 | 61 | |
| 13.12.2001 | Guotai (China) | 2 | ||
| 24.11.2001 | Terricola (Italy) | 4 | 1 | |
| 30.10.2001 | Linyi, Shandong Province (China) * | 2 | nearby buildings damaged | |
| 5.10.2001 | Eminabad Village (Pakistan) | 4 | 5 | |
| 10.8.2001 | Caldelas (Portugal) | 5 | 1 | released wood fires |
| 19.7.2001 | Chester, South Carolina (USA) | 1 | 3 | |
| 22.6.2001 | near St. Louis (USA) | 3 | explosion blew the roof off of the building and caused 2 walls to collapse | |
| 1.6.2001 | Lahore (Pakistan) | 9 | 4 | |
| 24.12.2000 | Phitsanulok (Thailand) | 1 | 50 | |
| 2.10.2000 | Mohalla Munir Khan (India)* | 5 | 3 | |
| 7.8.2000 | Sydney (Australia) | 1 | ||
| 5.8.2000 | Jiangxi Province (China) * | 21 | 25 | |
| 30.6.2000 | Jiangmen City (China) | 40 | 130 | 30 persons still missing / 1,700 residential houses and 66 factories and mines near the site were damaged with property losses totalling over 2.5 million yuan worth. |
| 18.5.2000 | Veroli (Italy) | 3 | 2 | |
| 17.5.2000 | Buffalo, North Dakota (USA) | 1 | 1 | |
| 17.5.2000 | Tepic (Mexico) | 1 | 2 | at 10 surrounding houses damage to property developed |
| 15.5.2000 | Rafelcofer (Spain) | 6 | 8 | |
| 13.5.2000 | Enschede (Netherlands) | 22 | about 1000 | nearly 500 destroyed or damaged houses |
| 17.4.2000 | Village Bitia Bazar (India)* | 4 | 1 | |
| 10.3.2000 | Eastern Province of Jiangxi (China) | 33 | 10 | |
| 13.1.2000 | Anhui province (eastern China) * | 22 (11 children of it) | ||
| 6.12.1999 | Oberried (Switzerland) | 0 | 0 | ca. 300'000 Franken |
| 30.3.1999 | Osseo, Hillsdale County (USA) | 5 | 1 | |
| 28.12.1998 | Lima (Peru) | 7 (2 children of it) | 8 | the blaze destroyed several buildings |
| 21.12.1998 | Barangay Bunlo (Philippines) | 3 (children) | 4 | |
| 12.12.1998 | San Antonio de Jesus (Brazil) * | 24 (9 children of it) | 50 | |
| 11.12.1998 | Osseo, Michigan (USA) | 7 | 13 | |
| Dez. 1998 | Bahia (Brazil)* | 39 | 50 | |
| 13.10.1998 | Tultepec (Mexico) | 10 | 35 | 30 houses totally destroyed and 100 houses damaged |
| 19.5.1998 | Huizhou (China) | 8 | 69 | |
| 16.5.1998 | Rawalpindi (Pakistan) | 14 | 56 | |
| 4.5.1998 | Huerres (North of Spain) | 5 | factory totally destroyed | |
| 20.1.1998 | Susun (China) * | 17 (3 children of it) | ||
| Juni 1997 | La Follette, Tennessee (USA) | 4 | several | |
| Juli 1996 | Hefeng (China) | 40 | 47 | The detonation was noticeable in the periphery of 10 km |
| 29.6.1996 | Piya (China)* | 36 | 52 | |
| 1996 | Aarhus (Denmark) | 2 | ||
| June 1995 | Ile Java (Indonesia) | 22 | 55 | |
| 16.6.1992 | Moriya, Ibaragi (Japan) | 3 | 58 | Damage in area of about 2 km radius around the factory: 15 factory buildings burned, 631 private house were damaged, 18 vehicles burned and 20 vehicles partially damaged |
| 12.7.1991 | Meenampatti (India) | 40 (children) | ||
| 21.6.1991 | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | 20 | 33 | |
| 16.5.1991 | Genesee township (America) | 3 | 1 | |
| 7.5.1991 | Sungai Buluh, Selangor (Malaysia) | 22 | <103 | |
| 14.2.1991 | Culemborg near Utrecht (Netherlands) | 2 | 20 | numerous houses substantially damaged |
| 1991 | Rafelcofer (Spain) | 1 | ||
| 12.6.1990 | Columbus, Miss. (USA) | 2 | 2 | |
| 30.12.1988 | Bocaue (Philippines) | 12 | 23 | 5 houses destroyed and 10 damaged |
| 5.5.1987 | Mount Gilead, Morrrow County (USA) | 1 | ||
| 3.8.1985 | Chandernagore (India) | 18 | 4 | |
| 25.6.1985 | Hallett, Oklahoma (USA) | 21 | ||
| 26.11.1983 | Bellport (USA) | 2 | 24 | factory severely damaged and about 150 nearby homes |
| 7.6.1982 | Canton (China) | 17 | 24 | |
| 11.7.1980 | Zebbug (Malta) | 2 | ||
| 14.4.1980 | Aracaju (Brazil) | 10 | many | |
| 30.11.1979 | Tachia (Taiwan) | 12 | ||
| 30.11.1972 | Rome (Italy)* | 15 | 100 | |
| 3.5.1961 | Caracas (Venezuela) | 38 | ||
| 1966 | Lichterfelde (Germany) | 3 | ||
| 26.8.1958 | Chiaya (Taiwan) | 23 | ||
| 27.3.1957 | Mexico City (Mexico) | 11 | <100 | |
| 16.7.1954 | Leyden Township (USA) | 3 | 1 | |
| 6.11.1942 | Perinton, N.Y. (USA) | 9 | 10 | |
| 5.7.1930 | Neptune, N.J. (USA) | 4 | 3 | |
| 3.4.1930 | Devon (USA) | 10 | 4 | |
| 13.5.1929 | Hanover, Mass (USA) | 3 | many | |
| 20.11.1925 | Palisades, N.J. (USA) | 1 | 1 | |
| 15.4.1921 | Randolph, Mass. (USA) | some | ||
| 14.2.1921 | Düsseldorf (Germany) | 13 | ||
| 3.10.1914 | Jersey City (USA) | 4 | at least 50 | 8 buildings of the fireworks factory were demolished |
| 30.9.1914 | Chicago (USA) | 5 | a child | |
| 13.8.1912 | Auburn (USA) * | 5 (3 children of it) | ||
| 2.7.1908 | Steeplechase Island (USA) | |||
| 2.1.1908 | Rochester, N.Y. (USA) | 2 | 2 | |
| 20.4.1907 | Chihuahua (Mexico) | 2 | ||
| 25.9.1905 | Williamsburg (USA) | 1 youth | 5 (3 children of it) | The factory was totally destroyed |
| 26.2.1903 | Newark, N.J. (USA) | 6 youth | The building was destroyed | |
| 17.6.1900 | Philadelphia (USA) | 3 | 14 | |
| 10.2.1900 | Fostoria, Ohio (USA) | 6 | ||
| 8.6.1899 | Graniteville, S.I. (USA) | many | 36 buildings of the fireworks plant were destroyed | |
| 20.10.1898 | Christchurch (New Zealand) | |||
| 26.8.1898 | Minneapolis (USA) | 6 | ||
| 8.6.1897 | Chicago (USA) | many | ||
| 15.4.1896 | Chicago (USA) | 2 youth | 7 | |
| 2.10.1895 | Jersey City (USA) | 5 | ||
| 7.4.1894 | Blandford, Va. (USA) | 11 | 9 | |
| 11.7.1893 | Coney Island (USA) | 2 | ||
| 30.1.1893 | Reading (USA) | 1 youth | 3 (2 youth of it) | |
| 24.5.1888 | Paris (France) | 11 | 21 | |
| 28.7.1887 | East Williamsburg (USA) | 2 | The building was completely destroyed |
"Larger" accidents by fireworks, better said, accidents with death and hurt ones:
The following list of accidents by fireworks with several death and hurt ones is by far not complete.
The
reports covering fireworks accidents are from the Internet, television
If
somebody wishes to obtain more information on a specific event, it can be
| Date | Town/Country | Incident summary | Dead | Injured |
| 30.5.2011 | Addison (America) | A man was killed by a firework he lit. | 1 | |
| 20.5.2011 | Kurana (Sri Lanka) | A five-year-old girl died. Accient at a wedding ceremony. | 1 girl | |
| 23.4.2011 | Chalkida (Greece) | A boy (7) died. He was hit in the face by a naval flare fired by a 25-year-old. | 1 boy | |
| 23.4.2011 | Mandriko (Greece) | Two men died. They were experimenting with home-made fireworks while one of those exploded. | 2 | |
| 8.2.2011 | Baicheng City (China) | Explosion in a fireworks warehouse. | 2 | 4 |
| 1.1.2011 | Gaissach (Germany) | A man was killed by his home-made fireworks. | 1 | |
| 1.1.2011 | Boerakker (The Netherlands) | A 17-year-old was killed when he shot off a home-made fireworks. | 1 youth | |
| 31.12.2010 | Harderwijk (The Netherlands) | A 13-year old boy was killed. He was hit by illegal fireworks set off by an unknown man. | 1 boy | |
| 6.10.2010 | Hanoi (Vietnam) | Blast when a shipment of fireworks blew up. | 4 | 3 |
| 10.8.2010 | Meenakshipuram (India) | Eight men suffered serious injuries while raiding a firecracker warehouse at an unlicensed factory; seven of them died later in hospital. | 7 | 1 |
| 3.4.2010 | Voroi, Crete (Greece) | A 17-year-old died while constructing a homemade firework with a friend. | 1 | |
| 3.4.2010 | Karterado, Santorin (Greece) | A man died in an explosion while he was making fireworks with a friend. | 1 | 1 |
| 3.4.2010 | Kalamata (Greece) | Fireworks accident. | 1 | |
| 2.3.2010 | Taiz (Yemen) | Explosion in a firework store. | 10 | 14 |
| 28.2.2010 | Chiayi City (Taiwan) | 33 people including children were burnt after fireworks at the official Lantern Festival celebrations went wrong. | 33 | |
| 27.2.2010 | Bochum (Germany) | During a soccer game fireworks ("Bengalisches Feuerwerk") was burned down. | 8 | |
| 26.2.2010 | Shiqiaotou Village (China) | Explosion by an illegal private fireworks show. | 22 | 48 |
| 3.2.2010 | Darwin (Australia) | A man caused a blast and a fire by litting fireworks and gasoline-filled jerry cans in an insurance office. | 19 | |
| 31.12.2009 | Gingoog City (Philippines) | Fire in a fireworks store. | 2 (1 child of it) | |
| 4.12.2009 | Perm (Russia) | Blaze, when a stray firework during a stage show pyrotechnics display set off inside a nightclub lit the ceiling and walls. | 155 | 58 |
| 16.10.2009 | Shikarpur town (India) | A blaze at a firecracker market. | 2 (1 child of it) | 12 |
| 16.10.2009 | Pallipattu (India) | Explosion and fire at a firecracker store and warehouse. | 34 | 10 |
| 6.10.2009 | Sholavandan town (India) | A parcel containing a large number of fireworks exploded soon after it was offloaded from a train. | 2 | 9 |
| 24.9.2009 | Santo André (Brazil) | Explosion at an illegal fireworks storage facility. Fireworks were made illegally in the shop. | 2 | 20 |
| 24.9.2009 | Tiruvannamalai district (India) | Explosion caused by firecrackers stored illegally in a house in a residential area. | 11 (5 children of it) | 13 |
| 24.9.2009 | Johannesburg (South Africa) | Explosion of a fireworks. | 1 | |
| 23.9.2009 | Voronezh (Russia) | Explosion at a fireworks warehouse in a residential area. | 1 | 55 |
| 16.9.2009 | Konya (Turkey) | A four-year-old boy died from phosphorus poisoning after he swallowed a firecracker. | 1 child | |
| 15.9.2009 | Sheikhupura (Pakistan) | Children were playing with firecrackers. | 2 children | 2 children |
| 28.7.2009 | Neuhaus (Switzerland) | Explosion of fireworks. | 1 | |
| 17.7.2009 | Maradu (India) | Around 1,000 kg of crackers stored in a house exploded. | 3 (1 child of it) | 1 |
| 4.7.2009 | Dibble (America) | A man died when the device of an artillery shell aerial fireworks he had lit, shot him in the head. | 1 | |
| 4.7.2009 | Ocracoke Island (America) | A truck carrying fireworks for a July Fourth holiday display exploded while the workers were unloading it. | 4 | 1 |
| 4.7.2009 | Quakertown (America) | An employee of a fireworks company was killed by an explosion during a Fourth of July fireworks. | 1 | |
| 2.4.2009 | Zhouwo Township (China) | Fireworks explosion at a farmhouse. | 4 | |
| 30.3.2009 | Chechawatni (India) | Explosion at a firecracker shop. | 4 | |
| 15.3.2009 | Jammu (India) | A cracker accidentally hit a man on the head during a party while others were busting crackers. | 1 | |
| 7.3.2009 | Holiday (America) | Fire at a fireworks store. | 1 | |
| 3.2.2009 | Sungai Baong (Malaysia) | A firecracker a 19-year-old was trying to let-off, exploded when he bent over it, because he thought it was a dud. | 1 | |
| 31.1.2009 | Changle (China) | Young people were setting off fireworks at their table inside a bar and starting a blaze with this. | 10 | 22 |
| 1.1.2009 | Navotas (Philippines) | A man succumbed to an asthma attack caused by thick smoke from lighted firecrackers and fireworks. | 1 | |
| 1.1.2009 | Bangkok (Thailand) | Fire in a nightclub; police believe the fire may have been caused by fireworks. | 66 | more than 200 |
| 1.1.2009 | Cooper City (America) | A man was setting off professional-grade fireworks in his backyard when he was somehow injured by one of the explosives. | 1 | |
| 31.12.2008 | Vigan City (Philippines) | A man lighted a firecracker on the street near a shop where firecrackers were sold. The firecrackers in the shop were ignited by the man's firework and started a blaze, in which a man died. | 1 | |
| 31.12.2008 | Metro Manila (Philippines) | A 19-year-old youth picked up a large firecracker that exploded on his face. | 1 | |
| 31.12.2008 | Hungary | A man was shot at the head by a fireworks when he bent over it. | 1 | |
| 25.11.2008 | State of Puebla (Mexico) | A man and a woman were killed in an explosion at an unlicensed fireworks warehouse. | 2 | |
| 22.11.2008 | Adlikon (Switzerland) | A homemade firework exploded too early. | 1 youth | 1 youth |
| 28.10.2008 | Udham Singh Nagar district (India) | Fire broke out in a cracker stall, spread and engulfed as many as 193 cracker stalls. | 1 | |
| 28.10.2008 | Bihar's Gopalganj district (India) | In a private house a lamp accidentally fell on firecrackers and led to an explosion of the crackers and to a fire. | 3 | 1 |
| 25.10.2008 | Orissa (India) | 3 men were carrying firecrackers on a motorcycle. | 3 | |
| 17.10.2008 | Lucknow (India) | Over 50 kilogram of crackers which a couple was carrying home on a motorcycle, exploded, when the motorcycle on which they were riding, skidded. | 2 | some |
| 17.10.2008 | Roi Et province (Thailand) | A home-made firework exploded during celebrations; it exploded on the ground instead of firing into the air. | 5 | 12 |
| 20.9.2008 | Shenzhen (China) | Blaze
and stampede at a nightclub. The fire was triggered by fireworks set off
during a performance |
44 | 87 |
| 11.9.2008 | Eastern Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) | Fireworks, smuggled in a truck, exploded. | 5 | |
| 31.8.2008 | Huerces (Spain) | A tractor transporting fireworks exploded. | 1 young girl | 4 |
| 5.8.2008 | Moradabad district (India) | Two women were killed when explosives used in crackers went off in an explosion. | 2 | |
| 4.8.2008 | Déols (France) | Explosion and fire in a warehouse of pyrotechnical material. | 1 | |
| 3.8.2008 | Marengo (America) | An 'improvised fireworks' detonated prematurely. | 2 teenager | |
| 11.7.2008 | Carlisle (America) | A man died and a woman was injured, after a fireworks the man had lit, exploded in the man's face. | 1 | 1 |
| 6.7.2008 | Brookings (America) | A makeshift bomb made out of sparkler fireworks a man was handling exploded. | 1 | |
| 4.7.2008 | New Madrid (America) | A man died after a fireworks mortar struck him; he was helping at the city's Fourth of July fireworks display. | 1 | |
| 21.4.2008 | Asureshwar (India) | As part of a temple ceremony firecrackers were burnt; a flicker fell on stocks of crackers at the site, triggering a blast and major fire. | 1 boy | 16 |
| 19.4.2008 | Quito (Ecuador) | Fire at a nightclub because someone inside lit fireworks, the sparks flew upward and ignited material in the ceiling. | 15 | 35 |
| 30.3.2008 | Orlando (America) | During Wrestlemania championship a fireworks-show malfunciton dropped live rockets into the fans below. | 45 | |
| 26.3.2008 | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | Explosion in a warehouse storing illegally fireworks and a fire | 8 | 27 |
| 26.3.2008 | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) | Firecracker explosion / The blast occurred when local officials tried to destroy eight truckloads of firecrackers in the Gobi desert. | 24 | 8 |
| 7.3.2008 | Bacolad City (Philippines) | A man was stabbed on the chest and died after he complained about the other man's use of firecrackers. | 1 | |
| 7.2.2008 | Beijing's Pinggu District (China) | A man was badly injured while igniting a kind of homemade firework ball. | 1 | |
| 5.2.2008 | Near Bukit Gambir Town (Malaysia) | A man was killed when a box of fireworks exploded, hitting him in the chest. | 1 | |
| 8.1.2008 | Philippines | A man died of infection. An unidentified firecracker that wounded 31.12.2007/1.1.2008 his right thumb brought about the infection. | 1 | |
| 5./6.1.2008 | Philippines | A man suffered multiple injuries in his body from the shrapnel's of the firecracker that exploded on the night of December 31, 2007 and died of (firecracker-related) tetanus. | 1 | |
| 31.12.2007 | Löbau (Germany) | 2 youths (17, 19) had shot from the outside a fireworks into a resounds, which started a fire. A 15-year-old girl died in the fire. | 1 child | |
| 31.12.2007 | Poland | A home-made firework exploded in the hands of two 18-year-old boys | 1 | 1 |
| 30.12.2007 | Zwickau (Germany) | Explosion by making fireworks by him-self | 1 | |
| 29.12.2007 | Krasnoyarsk (Russland) | Explosion in einem ehemaligen Bombenkeller, benutzt um Feuerwerkskörper zu lagern. | 2 | |
| 29.11.2007 | Manning (America) | Explosion at a fireworks stand. | 1 | |
| 26.11.2007 | Yuncheng City (China) | Children were playing inside an abandoned firecracker factory, when a small amount of expired explosives stored in the factory went off. | 5 | 1 |
| 13.10.2007 | Dholpur district (India) | Seven people suffered burn injuries when firecrackers, kept in the jeep they were travelling in, burst. | 7 | |
| 6.10.2007 | Korangi area (Pakistan) | One of the crackers, fired by jubilant political workers, landed on a truck loaded with firecrackers and triggered a blast. | at least 15 | |
| 25.9.2007 | Fuzhou City (China) | Fire at a nightclub caused by fireworks. | 12 | 6 |
| 16.9.2007 | Thazhamkuppam near Ennore (India) | At a temple fest a spark from a fireworks display landed on a boy who was carrying a bundle of crackers. The boy panicked and threw his crackers on the crowd nearby. | 7 | 24 |
| 16.9.2007 | Guayaquil (Ecuador) | Boy (11) killed by stray fireworks rocket during football match. | 1 child | |
| 25.8.2007 | Kumbakonam (India) | A tin container which was attached to one of the crackers burst along with it and caused the pieces to scatter. Some of them pierced a 16-year-old boy, who was watching the fireworks display, due to a weddig reception. | 1 | |
| 12.8.2007 | Peoria (America) | Students put lit fireworks "as a prank" under the bedroom door of another sleeping student; the fireworks caused a fire, the student died of smoke inhalation. | 1 | |
| 30.7.2007 | Kandipara village (India) | A fire broke out at a school room after an electric bulb suddenly burst in the room where villagers were making firecrackers. | 7 | 28 |
| 27.7.2007 | Beaver Township (America) | A 15-year-old boy was killed by a makeshift bottle-rocket that exploded unexpectedly in his face. | 1 child | |
| 7.7.2007 | Piedmont (America) | A brother and his sister were severely burned during the City's fireworks show when a firework exploded low to the ground and debris set off unused fireworks in a box nearby. The sister died July 22 in hospital from her injuries and her brother died August 8 in hospital fom his injuries. | 2 | |
| 5.7.2007 | Athens (America) | A 7-year-old boy and his father where shooting fireworks in the back yard and the family dog brushed against the table, where the launch tube was. The boy was struck by a mortar type round in the chest and died about 2 hours later in hospital. | 1 child | |
| 4.7.2007 | Texarkana (America) | A 13-year-old boy was struck in the back of the head by a mortar round and died from injuries he received while shooting off fireworks, at hospital on July 6. | 1 child | |
| 4.7.2007 | Springfield (America) | A 4-year-old boy died after he apparently set off fireworks stored at his home, resulting in a fatal fire. | 1 child | |
| 4.7.2007 | Independence Township (America) | Two brothers were hospitalized with serious injuries after a firework explosion. They were apparently making fireworks. The younger died at hospital on July 10, the older died at hospital on July 25. | 2 | |
| 3.7.2007 | Miami County (America) | At a family party a four-inch mortar went off, critically injuring a man. He died from his injuries on July 4 in hospital. | 1 | |
| 2.7.2007 | Melvindale (America) | A woman stuck her head over a 3-inch-wide mortar that did not go off, later it did and hit her in the head. She died later in hospital. | 1 | |
| 30.6.2007 | Lubbock (America) | A 2-year-old girl played with a gasoline can and caught fire from a spark on a burning sparkler as she walked by another girl. She died in hospital on July 5. | 1 child | |
| 26.6.2007 | Williston (America) | A decade-old box of M-80 firecrackers exploded and killed a man on the job, using a cutting torch to open an abandoned safe. A spark from the torch apparently set off the fireworks. | 1 | |
| 5.5.2007 | Downers Grove (USA) | An illegal fireworks display on a bachelor party: one of the men went to inspect a lit but unexploded commercial-grade firework which then blew up, hitting him (deadly) in the head. | 1 | |
| 10.4.2007 | Ajman (United Arab Emirates) | Two workers were killed when 300 kg of confiscated fireworks loaded in two trucks exploded. The firecrackers were to be destroyed, as per court order, but they exploded due to an error. | 2 | 2 |
| 8.4.2007 | Eastern Aegean island of Icaria (Greece) | A man was killed when a homemade firework blew up in his hands. | 1 | |
| 8.4.2007 | A village near Agrinion (Central Greece) | One of a man's hands was blown off when a firework exploded and he died from his injuries soon afterward. | 1 | |
| 6.4.2007 | Chendrayanpalli (India) | Crackers were being carried in an autorickshaw when sparks from a fireworks display fell on the vehicle and the crackers along with the vehicle exploded | 3 (1 child of it) | 10 |
| 6.4.2007 | A village near Meslongi (Western Greece) | A man died, when a firework that he had made exploded in his hands. | 1 | |
| 5.4.2007 | Kozhikode City (India) | A major fire broke out in a firecracker shop, soon spread to another firecracker shop and to other shops in the area. More than 30 shops were gutted in the fire. | 7 | more than 50 |
| 4.4.2007 | Neuhofen (Austria) | A man had been attempting to light a fireworks and when it didn't work fast enough, he bent about it and in this moment the fireworks exploded | 1 | |
| 25.3.2007 | Missoula (America) | A large quantity of fireworks, flash powder and other chemical ingredients used in homemade pyrotechnics caused a garage explosion. | 1 | |
| 22.3.2007 | Belem (Northeastern Brazil) | A boy (11), struck in the head by a firecracker in a soccer match March 22, died March 24. | 1 (child) | |
| 10.2.2007 | Conargo, New South Wales (Australia) | A man suffered critical head injuries, when a fireworks device he was attempting to light exploded prematurely, and died. | 1 | |
| 5.2.2007 | Zaoqiang County (China) | Workers were transferring fireworks from one warehouse to another in a fireworks factrory when the fireworks exploded. | 6 | 2 |
| 15.1.2007 | Southern Province of Guizhou (China) | At a razzia for illegally made firecrackers firecrackers in the kitchen of a house was exploding | 1 | |
| 1.1.2007 | Barendrecht (The Netherlands) | Fireworks exploded in the face of a man | 1 | |
| 1.1.2007 | Turgi (Switzerland) | Man had been attempting to light a number of fireworks and was leaning over them when one exploded in his face. | 1 | |
| 1.1.2007 | The Hague (The Netherlands) | Fireworks exploded in a man's face. | 1 | |
| 31.12.2006 | Wonneberg (Germany) | Explosion of a self-made firework. | 1 | 1 |
| 30.12.20065 | Cheb (Czech Republic) | Man set off fireworks, and when he bent over it, it exploded and hit him in the face. | 1 | |
| 30.12.2006 | Sao Paulo (Brazil) | Two children (5 and 4) playing in a room stuffed with fireworks set off an explosion. | 2 (children) | |
| 25.12.2006 | Ormoc City (Philippines) | Illegally sold firecrackers inside a department store caught fire. | 27 (a pregnant woman, 1 child and 2 babies of it) | 13 |
| 24.12.2006 | Los Minas (Dominican Republic) | A boy (14) had a stall with fireworks and sold to another boy fireworks. This boy lit the fireworks so that the stall got on fire. | 1 (child) | |
| 23.12.2006 | Maracaibo (Venezuela) | Explosions ripped through dozens of fireworks stalls at an outdoor market. | 6 (1 child of it) | 54 |
| 20.11.2006 | Guatemala City (Guatemala) | A cigarette butt thrown into a stand selling fireworks ignited an enormous blaze at El Granero open-air Market | 18 (3 children of it) | some |
| 16.10.2006 | Hyderabad (India) | the crackers, a 6-year-old boy lit in a small cabin, exploded on his face and the cabin went up in flames | 1 | |
| 16.10.2006 | Owaisis Hills (India) | when a 2-year-old girl fell on a pile of crackers, which have been made by her mother for Diwali, it exploded due to pressure | 1 child | 2 children |
| 21.9.2006 | Mudanjiang City (China) | A bag containing gas and fireworks a woman brought onto a bus she was riding on caught fire, leading to a blaze | 5 | 20 |
| 14.8.2006 | Songkhla (Thailand) | Fireworks exploded when workers transferred fireworks from a truck to a warehouse | 2 | 3 |
| 8.8.2006 | Panruti (India) | Explosion when highpower firecrackers were transported | 1 | |
| 3.8.2006 | Karaman (Turkey) | Explosion at a fireworks shop | 2 | 4 |
| 25.7.2006 | Ermua (Spain) | A man died when one of the rockets he was launching, exploded in his face. | 1 | |
| 7.7.2006 | Providence (America) | A man was setting fireworks off on Independence Day, it shot back in his face. The man died days later in hospital. | 1 | |
| 6.7.2006 | Fojo Lobal (Portugal) | Someone ignited a firecracker which flew into the face of another man; the man died on spot. | 1 | |
| 5.7.2006 | Gloucester (America) | A man was setting fireworks off on Indepence Day, one of it shot toward his stepson; the child died a day later in hospital. | 1 (child) | |
| 4.7.2006 | Upper Merion Township (America) | During a municipal fireworks display, a single fireworks shell shot out toward the crowd instead of upward. | 16 | |
| 4.7.2006 | Woodston (America) | Two brothers had been popping firecrackers. There was a vehicle gasoline tank nearby, and sparks from firecrackers somehow ignited an explosion. | 1 (child) | 1 (child) |
| 2.7.2006 | Kansas City (America) | A man caused an explosion by aiming fireworks at a neighbor's house and that explosion caused the fire that resulted in the death of a girl | 1 (child) | |
| 23.6.2006 | Shariff Aguak Town (Philippine) | A car bomb exploded in a public market; the bomb was placed in or under a parked minibus loaded with fireworks. | 5 | 10 |
| 14.6.2006 | Baltonfuzfo (Hungary) | Explosion in a fireworks warehouse. | 4 | |
| 13.6.2006 | Binangonan town (Philippines) | Explosion in a fireworks storage building. | 9 | |
| 4.6.2006 | Vilacheri (India) | A boy (14) picked up a firecracker which did not burst and was examining it when it suddenly exploded in his face. He died on the spot. | 1 (child) | |
| 10.5.2006 | Ciudad Juarez (Mexico) | An explosion at a clandestine fireworks shop | 1 | 7 |
| 9.4.2006 | Malim (India) | At a procession, children were in a car throwing-out firecrackers from the car; sparks of the crackers may have entered the car and ignited the other boxes full of fireworks. | 2 (children) | 4 |
| 10.3.2006 | Uthandivalavu near Mettur (India) | A man strapped himself and his children with fireworks and set them ablaze. The crackers went off killing his daughter (10); the man and his son (7) are battling for life. | 1 (child) | 2 (1 child of it) |
| 29.1.2006 | Linqi town (Central China) | A storehouse full of fireworks was ignited by fireworks and exploded, causing too collapse of a neighboring temple nearby. | 36 | 48 |
| 24.1.2006 | Airwa Katra Town (India) | Two teenage boys burst crackers outside a shop stashed with firecrackers, setting up a chain reaction, leading to an explosion of the shop | 5 | |
| 4.1.2006 | Collymore Rock (Barbados) | A man was storing fireworks left over from New Year's celebrations when they blew up; the house went up in flames and he was killed | 1 | |
| 31.12.2005 | (Romania) | A man was killed by the blast of a homemade pyrotechnical device | 1 | |
| 31.12.2005 | Calabria (Italy) | A man was killed when his DIY rocket exploded | 1 | |
| 31.12.2005 | Eindhoven (Netherlands) | A man died, when fireworks exploded in his face | 1 | |
| 31.12.2005 | (The Philippines) | Two mentally-ill men, who had swallowed fireworks, died | 2 | |
| 31.12.2005 | Strass (Austria) | A man suffered heaviest injuries with the attempt to reignite the igniter cord of fireworks; he died later | 1 | |
| 26.12.2005 | San Felix (Venezuela) | An accidental fireworks explosion started a blaze that raced through a busy strip mall, | 20 | 20 |
| 26.12.2005 | Genderkingen (Germany) | A man died, when his self-made fireworks exploded | 1 | |
| 25.12.2005 | Guatemala City (Guatemala) | House on fire by a stray firework | 5 (children) | |
| 26.10.2005 | Chennai (India) | An explosion in a fireworks warehouse | 1 | 10 |
| 18.10.2005 | United Arab Emirates | A man (23) died on the spot when the firecracker he lit exploded, and ripped his face apart. | 1 | |
| 22.9.2005 | Lahore (Pakistan) | A bomb exploded on the street, triggering an explosion in a nearby fireworks shop. | 5 | 20 |
| 21.9.2005 | Haveli Koranga (Pakistan) | Somebody lit up a cigarette and threw the burning match-stick on the stock of fireworks which was lying in a corner of the restaurant. The fireworks exploded, the restaurant caught fire | 9 | 18 |
| 15.9.2005 | Tultepec (Mexico) | Major fire on a fireworks market, released by a customer who has lit firework and threw it away, setting off a chain reaction | over 100 | |
| 9.9.2005 | Grand Rapids (America) | At a fireworks show, one low exploding firework sent shrapnel flying into the crowd | 7 | |
| 8.9.2005 | Birmingham (England) | Some fireworks went wrong at a fireworks spectacle in a drive-in cinema | 7 | |
| 3.9.2005 | Tlacotepec (Mexico) | Fireworks stored at a building that also illicitly sold gasoline exploded | 7 (5 children of it) | 4 |
| 18.8.2005 | Crestline (America) | Explosion at a commercial fireworks storage: Workers were transferring fireworks from a box trailer to a horse trailer, one box just exploded, caused the other fireworks to ignite | 3 | 3 |
| 6.8.2005 | near Otumba (Mexico) | A cargo truck loaded with fireworks exploded. Sparks from an overhead fireworks display apparently sparked the explosion. | 7 (2 children of it) | 4 |
| 23.6.2005 | Figueira da Foz (Portugal) | Rockets from the overnight fireworks show landed among | 50 | |
| 19.4.2005 | near Nuvvularevu (India) | Fireworks, which were stored in a parish meeting hall, caught fire | 18 | 50 |
| 29.3.2005 | Madurai (India) | A fire occurred in a firework shop | 2 | |
| 19.2.2005 | Village Thuthipattu (India) | Explosion during a funeral procession which was traditionally accompanied with bursting firecrackers. Fire from one such ignited cracker fell on bags containing firecrackers causing the explosion | 2 | 6 |
| 31.12.2004 | Barangay Turo (Philippines) | A man lit a firecracker, which flew in the air, then hit a stack of powerful firecrackers in one store. The blaze set off large quantities of firecrackers stored in houses and stores and a fire broke out that destroyed houses and stores along a strip of stalls selling firecrackers. 1000 houses were burned down. | 7 | 6 |
| 30.12.2004 | Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Concertgoers in a disco set off fireworks during an indoor rock concert, igniting the ceiling | 192 | 889 |
| 9.12.2004 | Changsha | A railway carriage with firecrackers exploded | 18 | |
| 1.8.2004 | Agra (Switzerland) | After the first fireworks, the fireworks plant tilted and one of the fireworks rockets shot in the group of spectators (about a distance of 50 m) | 1 | 7 |
| 1.8.2004 | Wattwil (Switzerland) | In an old people's home a rocket solved from the mounting plate and flew into the group of spectators. | 1 | 8 |
| 16.4.2004 | Erhuping Village (China) | A cargo truck loaded with fireworks exploded | 10 | |
| 15.4.2004 | Tonala (Mexico) | Explosion at a small fireworks store | 7 (1 child of it) | 1 |
| 5.3.2004 | Baliuag (Philippines) | Fireworks warehouse was razed to ground | 1 | |
| 2.1.2004 | Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Explosion at a supermarket that sold illegal fireworks | 5 | 12 |
| 31.12.2003 | Lucena (Philippines) | At a market a firecracker vendor set off a massive blaze by testing his wares too close to his storeroom. | 18 | 22 people missing |
| 27.12.2003 | Rawalpindi (Pakistan) | Explosion in a warehouse of fireworks | 5 | 3 |
| 9.12.2003 | Douzhuangzi Village/ Dagang District (China) | illegally stored fireworks exploded | 6 | |
| 23.9.2003 | Faizpur Kurd (Pakistan) | An explosion triggered a fire at a fireworks shop | 1 | 5 |
| 1.8.2003 | Tonglu, Zhejiang Province (China) | a fireworks warehouse exploded | 10 | |
| 4.7.2003 | Sharaqpur (Pakistan) | Explosion of a firewoks shop | 3 (2 children of it) | |
| 4.7.2003 | Kilgore, Texas (USA) | Explosion of a warehouse of fireworks (2 tons of fireworks!) | several | |
| 4.7.2003 | Bonita Springs (USA) | Explosion when unloading a truck loaded with fireworks | 5 | |
| 21.2.2003 | Rhode Island (USA) | Fire in the nightclub "The Station", released by fireworks | 95 | 187 |
| 5.2.2003 | Sialkot (Pakistan) | Explosion of a container with fireworks | 17 | numerous |
| 3.2.2003 | Taiping (China) | Explosion of fireworks led to several other explosions in several shops nearby | 7 | 21 |
| 31.12.2002 | Tacurong (Philippines) | An unknown man threw a hand grenade on the market on a table with fireworks | 6 | 30 |
| 31.12.2002 | Veracruz (Mexico) | Series of explosions of fireworks on the central market place | 29 | 50 |
| 8.12.2002 | Tiruchegode (India) | Explosion in a fireworks shop | 2 | 2 |
| 27.12.2002 | Bishkek (Russia) | explosion of fireworks on the market (houses/market containers in the radius of 50 m were destroyed) | 7 | 12 |
| 24.10.2002 | Osmangunj (India) | a fire broke out at a cracker shop | 12 | |
| 23.10.2002 | Begumbazar area (Pakistan) | A fire in the crackers warehouse | 13 | 12 |
| 13.10.2002 | Massa di Faicchio (Italy) | explosion of an officially not approved storage hall for fireworks | 2 (1 child of it) | |
| 17.9.2002 | Athur near Salem (India) | a van loaded with fireworks and gas cylinders exploded | 18 | 50 |
| 2.9.2002 | Sandhaimedu (India) | Explosion at a firework shop in a Municipal shopping complex | 6 | 7 |
| 23.8.2002 | Indramayu (Indonesia) | A passenger bus carrying fireworks exploded. | 12 | 16 |
| 1.8.2002 | Hagenwil (Switzerland) | fireworks flew into a group of spectators | 6 (4 children of it) | |
| 21.7.2002 | Lima (Peru) | Fireworks of a fireworks show lit a fire in a disco of a shopping centre | 26 | 50 |
| 2.7.2002 | Cheyyar (India) | Explosion in a fireworks shop | 6 | several |
| 10.2.2002 | Xingyang (China) | rockets of a stand on the ground floor of a shopping centre caught fire (a customer tried fireworks), afterwards the warehouse of fireworks on the second floor exploded | 9 | |
| 29.12.2001 | Lima (Peru) | Major fire in the city centre, released by an explosion in a shop by fireworks (a salesman demonstrated to a customer fireworks) | more than 300 | more than 300 |
| 26.11.2001 | Belo Horizonte (Brazil) | fire in a disco, released by fireworks | 6 | 300 |
| 21.9.2001 | Liji Township, Wuhan, Hubei Province (China) | a fireworks and firecrackers warehouse exploded | 17 | 13 |
| 21.8.2001 | Sao Paulo (Brazil) | An explosion of a barrel of gunpowder; the gunpowder was being used to make fireworks | 8 | |
| 6.8.2001 | Alicante (Spain) | By a celebration a charge of fireworks exploded. | 1 | 3 |
| 17.7.2001 | Provinz Shaanxi (China) | explosion of illegal stored fireworks in a private house | 41 | 89 |
| 18.4.2001 | Lissabon (Portugal) | a fireworks rocket flew in a garage full of fireworks and initiated an explosion | 2 | 16 |
| 6.3.2001 | Fanglin, province Jiangxi (China) | explosion in the local elementary school where school children manufactured fireworks | 54 (50 children of it) | 27 |
| 1.1.2001 | Volendam (Netherlands) | Fire in a coffee shop because of letting-off fireworks | 5 | 130 |
| 7.11.2000 | Samut Kakhon Province (Thailand) | an explosion at a shop selling fireworks | 3 | 83 |
| 25.10.2000 | Boca del Rio (Mexico) | nearly 600 kg (!) fireworks, which were stored directly beside a sleep area, explodet in a base | 4 | 17 |
| 3.8.2000 |
Luzern (Switzerland) |
5 fireworks rockets shot in the group of spectators (about a distance of 30 m) | 15 | |
| 26.6.2000 | Kiel (Germany) | fireworks exploded beside a truck and that's why thus pyrotechnic material stored beside and on the truck exploded too | 5 | |
| 2.6.2000 | The Northeast of Brazil | explosion of an illegal fireworks warehouse | 4 (3 children of it) | |
| 22.5.2000 | Brisbane (Australia) | A blast sent metal fragments flying into a crowd gathered to watch a fireworks display. | 1 | 7 |
| 14.3.2000 | Santa Ana Jilotzingo (Mexico) | An explosion after sparks ignite hundreds of fireworks at a religious festival | 3 | 17 |
| 8.11.1999 | Sonepat (India) | from the stands for fireworks a fire proceeded, which spread on the market fast | 45 | |
| 27.9.1999 | Celaya (Mexico) | explosion of an illegal warehouse of fireworks (up to 5 tons!) and a gastank | 56 | 348 |
| 30.8.1999 | Karaganda/Kazakhstan (Russia) | By a fireworks display a rocket failed to fly high enough and exploded just above the heads of hundreds of spectators. | 2 | 60 |
| 6.4.1999 | Peking (China) | explosion of fireworks (a farmer had tried to manufacture fireworks illegally in his house) | 9 | |
| 14.8.1998 | Elche (Spain) | During a fireworks festival, known as "Noche del Alba", hundreds of people are throwing fireworks at each other. | more than a hundred people | |
| 1.8.1998 | Interlaken (Switzerland) | a bomb of the official fireworks already ignited flew to the spectator ranks | 8 | |
| 2.3.1998 | Boraas (Sveden) | explosion of a fireworks depot | 2 | 8 |
| 24.10.1997 | Willenhall (England) | Fireworks exploded and shot into a crowd at a public bonfire display | 20 (11 children of it) | |
| 26.8.1997 | Dortmund (Gemany) | Fireworks bomb flew to spectator ranks and exploded there | 25 | |
| 6.7.1997 | West Lost Lake (USA) | People making their own fireworks when gunpowder accidentally ignited | 6 | |
| 4.12.1996 | Sichuan (China) | fireworks in a private production plant catched fire | 17 | |
| 16.8.1996 | Arequipa (Peru) | Fireworks met a high voltage transmission line, this felt into a group of humans | 35 | 36 |
| 5.7.1996 | Scottown (USA) | explosion in a store of fireworks (3 young men lit a fire in a box of fireworks) | 8 | 12 |
| 31.8.1995 | Rupperswil (Switzerland) | a worker died by an explosion of fireworks in a distribution store of a company | 1 | |
| 30.1.1995 | Sao Paulo (Brazil) | explosion in a warehouse of fireworks | 12 | 25 |
| 1.8.1991 | Bern (Switzerland) | a woman was hit by a fragment of a rocket firing apparatus | 1 | |
| März 1990 | Kerala (India) | in a temple stored fireworks exploded | 23 | |
| 8.5.1989 | Mexico-City (Mexico) | 1 1/2 tons of fireworks exploded | 50 | |
| 11.12.1988 | Mexico-City (Mexico) | In a store on the old market area fireworks exploded and lead in a chain reaction to further explosions by the nearby fireworks stands and to a fire | 70 | 83 |
| 5.6.1980 | Garanhus (Brazil) | Explosion in a store selling fireworks | 3 | 30 |
| 31.12.1963 | North Charleston, S.C. (USA) | Stored fireworks exploded in a supermarket | 5 | 14 |
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Buenos
Aires/Argentina, in the night to 31.12.2004
Witnesses said the blaze began after concertgoers set off fireworks during an indoor rock concert inside the two-level "Republica Cromagnon" club, igniting the ceiling and triggering a stampede as people confronted a locked main exit door while struggling to flee. Officials said Friday that the door had been wired shut by club staff to prevent people from entering without tickets. At least 175 killed and 700 injured!
City
officials estimated that 4,000 people had been squeezed into the club, which
measured about 16,000 square feet.
You can read more about in the article "Fire, Panic and a Locked Main Exit", 1.1.2005, http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&e=20&u=/washpost/a38140_2004dec31
The Thursday night blaze in Buenos Aires recalled similar tragedies in
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Volendam/Netherlands
in New Year's Eve 2001 when 12 people died and about 200 people were injured
when fireworks ignited the club "Het Hemeltje"
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Lima/Peru in
July 2002, when fireworks ignited the disco "Utopia" in a shopping
center and 26 people died and 50 people were severly injured
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Rhode
Island/America in February 2003, when a pyrotechnic display at a nightclub
ignited soundproofing material during a concert by the Band Great White, killing
about 100 people and injuring about 200
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