Australien / Australia
2011
Canberra. Commercial-grade fireworks were lit in two
nightclubs in the early morning hours. Initial damage from the explosions is
estimated to be in excess of $50,000.
About 1.30 a.m. patrons inside Meche were forced to
evacuate when fireworks were lit inside the male toilets, causing major damage
and smoke to fill the nightclub.
A second explosion occurred at ICBM about 3.40 a.m.,
also in the male toilets.
Two people, one from each incident, were taken to
hospital with minor injuries.
Police are seeking any witnesses to the explosions,
which were caused by similar commercial grade fireworks which explode in a
bursting firework pattern. They reportedly have the potential to cause serious
injury or death if mishandled. 13.2.2011
Source:
"Nightclub blasts cause $100,000
damage", 15.2.2011, http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/nightclub-blasts-cause-100000-damage/2076179.aspx
2Witnesses to nightclub explosions
sought", 16.2.2011, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/17/3141768.htm
"Fireworks explode in two Canberra
clubs", 17.2.2011, http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/crime-and-law/fireworks-explode-in-two-canberra-clubs/2079240.aspx
2010
Auburn. Three people,
including a teenager, have been charged after they allegedly set off fireworks
at police officers.
Source: "Fireworks
aimed at police", 1.1.2010, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/01/2784005.htm?section=australia
Melton West. A 40-year-old man
suffered facial injuries but was fortunate to have been wearing glasses when an
illegal firework hit him in the face. The man had been lighting a number of
illegal fireworks in his front yard just before 1am when the last of the
crackers exploded and struck him in the jaw, burning his face and neck. 1.1.2010
Source: "Two
injured in firework explosions", 1.1.2010, http://www.theage.com.au/national/two-injured-in-firework-explosions-20100101-lles.html
Melbourne. Unknown offenders
threw fireworks at the front windows of the properties in Ruskin Close and
Kenman Close inTemplestowe, Hay Court, Regina Terrace and Woodlea Street
Doncaster East and Maroney Court in Donvale between 11.30pm and 12.30am. In five
cases the fireworks shattered windows and went off inside the houses, damaging
rooms and carpets. 2.2.2010
Source: "Residents
in shock after fireworks stunt", 2.2.2010, http://www.theage.com.au/national/residents-in-shock-after-fireworks-stunt-20100202-naft.html
Darwin. February 3, 2010, a
disgruntled customer wheeled a shopping cart loaded with gasoline-filled jerry
cans and lit fireworks into an insurance office that is part of a busy shopping
complex, causing a blast and fire that injured 15 people. The attack triggered
temporarily panic. Part of the city near the site of the attack was cordoned off
as emergency crews arrived and an investigation was launched.
The 15 injured people were
treated in hospital for burns and smoke inhalation, including one officer. Four
of the victims were in an intensive care unit while the rest were being
discharged. - A 44-year-old man was taken into custody after giving himself up
to police soon after the blast. - Initially, police said a total of 15 people
had been hospitalised, many for burns. But overnight four more attended the
hospital, bringing to 19 the number that have required medical attention. Seven
people were still in hospital on February 4, 2010.
Source:
"Customer
allegedly bombs Australian business", 3.2.2010, http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1171848&lang=eng_news
"Darwin
bomb attack: 13 hurt as man hurls device into office", 3.2.2010, http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26672283-952,00.html
"Explosion
at Darwin Insurance Office injures 15 (Update1)", 3.2.2010, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aYeANXCNo3.o
"7 injured
in blast in Darwin, Australia", 3.2.2010, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3843568,00.html
"Darwin
firebomb: no charges, more injured", 4.2.2010, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/04/2809882.htm
Darwin.
Ein 44-jähriger Mann hatte drei Benzinkanister und Feuerwerkskörper in einem
Einkaufswagen in ein Einkaufszentrum geschoben und im Büro eines
Versicherungsmaklers die hochexplosive Fracht entzündet. 15 Menschen wurden
wegen Verbrennungen und Rauchvergiftungen im Krankenhaus behandelt; vier davon
liegen auf der Intensivstation. Später erhöhte sich die Zahl der Verletzten
auf 19. Ein Teil der Stadt wurde abgeriegelt. Die Explosion löste einen Brand
aus, der aber rasch gelöscht werden konnte. Der Mann wurde festgenommen.
3.2.2010
Quelle:
"Explosion
in Einkaufszentrum", 3.2.2010, http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,675664,00.html
"13
Verletzte bei Explosion in Darwin", 3.2.2010, http://www.focus.de/politik/schlagzeilen?day=20100203&did=1229619
A
recent bushfire, believed to have been started by children playing with
firecrackers, near the Wongan Hills airstrip burnt about 2-3ha of tree-grass and
scrubland. 28.2.21010
Source:
"Bushfire burns close to airstrip", 18.3.2010, http://www.centraladvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/bushfire-burns-close-to-airstrip/1780355.aspx
Katherine.
A 14-month-old boy was in his pram when a rogue firecracker flew 80m and landed
in his pram, lodging behind him. He suffered serious burns to his back and left
arm. The incident happened during last year's Territory Day celebrations (2009).
The baby needed three operations under general anaesthetic and at least six
follow-up visits to doctors.
Source:
"Baby
hurt as 'rogue' cracker flew 80m into pram in Katherine", 28.4.2010, http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/baby-hurt-as-rogue-cracker-flew-80m-into-pram-in-katherine/story-e6freooo-1225859320823
"'Rogue'
cracker flew 80m into baby's pram", 28.4.2010, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/04/28/143171_ntnews.html
A
16-year-old Seelands youth, who blew off his right hand while making fireworks
at his home, has been taken to a hospital for further operations. The right hand
was completely destroyed, the left hand was salvageable. He also suffered
injuries on his chest and leg. The youth severely damaged his family home in
Riverside Drive when a mixture of chemicals exploded in the boy's bedroom.
30.4.2010
Source:
"Fireworks explosion hurts boy", 3.5.2010, http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/story/2010/05/03/fireworks-explosion-hurts-boy/
Penrith.
An Emu Plains man (35) and a Penrith man (20) have ben charged with handling and
using prohibited fireworks while in a vehicle on Maxwell St. Police allege they
located fireworks when they searched the vehicle. 6.5.2010
Source:
"Police report, May 12: Fireworks spotted", 12.5.2010, http://penrith-press.whereilive.com.au/news/story/police-report-may-11/
Darwin.
A massive explosion was narrowly averted when a blaze started by fireworks
threatened large fuel drums. Superintendent Nouvelle Reed said those who let off
the fireworks in Nebo Rd, Berrimah – in the heart of an industrial zone –
had put people's lives and properties at risk. 4.8.2010
Source:
"Fireworks threaten property", 5.8.2010, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/08/05/169931_ntnews.html
Berrimah,
Northern Territory. Piles of crackers stored at a work shed went off like a
rocket during a small fire. The business in Vigilant Lane was licensed to sell
fireworks – but should have returned them to the supplier after Territory Day.
Sparks from an angle grinder set alight grass outside the shed, the fire ran
alongside the outside and went into the room where the fireworks were stored,
said a superintendent.
Source:
"Crackers show two months late", 31.8.2010, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/08/31/175951_ntnews.html
In
der australischen Hafenstadt Sydney wurde der Jahreswechsel wie jedes Jahr mit
einem Riesenfeuerwerk zelebriert. Mit sieben Tonnen Böllern und Raketen
bescherten Pyrotechniker den rund 1,5 Millionen Menschen am Hafen ein Spektakel.
Quelle:
"Das Jahr 2011 ist da", 31.12.2010, http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/Das-Jahr-2011-ist-da-Erstmals-Silvesterparty-in-Hanoi/story/16359286
2009
Two children were seriously injured in a fireworks
explosion on the Central Coast. Their brother (9) was less seriously hurt.
Neighbours heard a loud explosion from the veranda of the public housing
property at Banyon Close, Wyoming. A boy (12) suffered serious hand injuries and
shrapnel wounds, his three-year-old sister is in a serious, but stable condition
with shrapnel wounds. 1.1.2009
Source: "Children badly hurt in
fireworks blast", 1.1.2009, http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/children-badly-hurt-in-fireworks-blast/2009/01/01/1230681638513.html
A number of adults in Sydney were also treated for
injuries involving misuse of firecrackers:
-
At Orchard Hills, in western Sydney: a man (35)
sustained face and hand injuries
-
At Busby, in Sydney's south west, a man (23) suffered
hand injuries
-
At Lethbridge Park, western Sydney, three adults were
injured by fireworks
-
At Parramatta, western Sydney, a man sustained a hand
injury. 1.1.2009
Source: "Children badly hurt in
fireworks blast", 1.1.2009, http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/children-badly-hurt-in-fireworks-blast/2009/01/01/1230681638513.html
Wyong, New South Wales. A 12-year-old boy is in a
stable condition in hospital with a serious hand injury and a two-year-old has
shrapnel cuts, after a fireworks
explosion. 1.1.2009
Source: "Police warn of
firecrackers after children injured", 1.1.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/01/2457807.htm
Das Feuerwerk unter dem Motto "Creation" (Schöpfung)
in Sydney kostete rund 3,5 Millionen US-Dollar.
Quelle: "Silvesterspektakel im Osten – Araber
passen", 31.12.2008, http://www.bazonline.ch/panorama/vermischtes/Gewaltige-SilvesterSpektakel-im-Osten--Araber-passen/story/12847020
Tyrolean Village/New South Wales. Skylarking children
playing with fireworks were the cause of a grassfire that threatened houses at
the weekend. 28./29.3.2009
Source: "Fireworks spark Jindabyne
blaze", 30.3.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/30/2529630.htm?site=southeastnsw
Canberra police say two cars – a van in Hughes and
another car in Kambah - were damaged by fireworks during the ACT's annual
cracker weekend.
Source: "Police investigate
firework car attacks", 8.6.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/08/2592426.htm?site=idx-act
New Gisborne, Victoria.
Fireworks are believed to be the cause of an explosion on a building site near
an aged care facility. 27.6.2009
Source: "Bushfire
risk from fireworks", 16.11.2009, http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/bushfire-risk-from-fireworks/1677906.aspx
Territory Day celebrations, 1.7.2009:
The Northern Territory Fire Service says there were more grass fires caused by
firecrackers than ever before, with 90 reports of fires 2009 compared to 72 in
2008.
Source: "Baby burned in wild
firecracker night", 2.7.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614504.htm
Alice Springs. In Northside, a palm tree caught fire
after someone threw a cracker in it. 1.7.2009
Source: "Fireworks scare forces
cinema evacuation", 2.7.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614487.htm
Two teenagers allegedly threw firework crackers into
the foyer of the Alice Springs cinema. They exploded and the whole cinema
complex was evacuated. 1.7.2009
Source:
"Baby burned in wild firecracker
night", 2.7.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614504.htm
"Fireworks scare forces cinema
evacuation", 2.7.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614487.htm
Casuarina. A security guard escaped injury when she had
crackers thrown at her, hitting her cheek and shoulder. 1.7.2009
Source: "Baby burned in wild
firecracker night", 2.7.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614504.htm
A Territory mother (38) suffered burns to her arm after
she bravely dived in front of her 11-year-old daughter to protect her from the
firing line of a wayward cracker. The exploding cracker hit her in the ribs and
burnt her left arm. The mother was sitting at East Point with her daughter and
friends watching the Mindil Beach public fireworks display across Fannie Bay
when four young men let off some crackers no more than 5m away from them. - She
was one of six people who presented to Royal Darwin Hospital with burns from
crackers. 1.7.2009
Source: "Brave mum saves daughter
from firing line", 3.7.2009, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/03/63675_ntnews.html
Six people were treated at Royal Darwin Hospital
between 8pm July 1 and 2am July 2 with varied degree burns to their faces and
limbs as a result of fireworks. 1./2.7.2009
Source:
"Stray cracker burns bub", 3.7.2009, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/03/63945_ntnews.html
Police in Darwin say a resident in Gunn had a lucky
escape when a neighbour accidentally fired a cracker through a bedroom window,
setting the bed on fire. 1.7.2009
Source: "Baby burned in wild
firecracker night", 2.7.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614504.htm
Katherine. A 15-month-old boy sustained serious burns
to his arms, legs and back after a stray firework landed in his stroller during
Territory Day celebrations. The child is expected to need a series of skin graft
treatments. 1.7.2009
Source:
"Stray cracker burns bub", 3.7.2009, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/03/63945_ntnews.html
"Baby burned in wild
firecracker night", 2.7.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/02/2614504.htm
Palmerston. A family want private firework displays restricted on
Territory Day after they feared their house was going to burn down when an
overgrown vacant block beside their property ignited from cracker sparks. And
their barely one-year-old dog Lucy strangled herself to death on her chain in
fear of the loud crackers going off around their Farrar home in Palmerston.
Source: "Family nightmare as dog
dies of fear 'in war zone'", 3.7.2009, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/03/63925_ntnews.html
There was a trail of debris at East Point, Darwin (picture)
on July 3, 2009, after the previous night's celebration.
Source: "Territory Day fun leaves
trail of litter", 3.7.2009, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/03/63935_ntnews.html
Rosebery. Another dog is dead from fireworks being set
off illegally in the Northern Territory. Residents of Haydon St say they have
been terrorised by cracker fiends setting them off in the middle of the night.
The fireworks have been being set off more than a week after Territory Day on
July 1, the only day crackers are legal.
Dog Fonzie had been trying to escape the noise of the
fireworks and tried to scale a fence but got his collar stuck and hung himself.
10.7.2009
Source:
"Crackers drive dog to hanging
death", 14.7.2009, http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25780765-421,00.html
"Crackers killed our dog", 14.7.2009, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/14/66385_ntnews.html
Darwin.
Two children playing with fireworks caused a blaze that ripped through the
family's garden shed on Dempsey Place at Rapid Creek and gutted a car in their
Territory back yard. The 10-year-old boys suffered minor burns to their fingers
when they tried to put the fire out. – The fire investigator said a small
bumble bee fire cracker started the inferno that caused "thousands of
dollars worth of damage". 28.7.2009
Source:
"Cracker kids get burnt", 29.7.2009, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/07/29/70661_ntnews.html
Hidden Valley. Northern Territory authorities are 'a
bit embarrassed' after their efforts to destroy confiscated and out-of date
fireworks ignited a large bushfire. 2.9.2009
Source: "Crazed
crackers ignite bushfire in NT", 3.9.2009, http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National-Regional/2009/09/03/Crazed_crackers_ignite_bushfire_in_NT_369135.html
A truck driver threw a firecracker that exploded into a
group of cyclists on Anzac Parade in the southeast Sydney suburb Maroubra. The
riders managed to stay on their bikes, however the attack sent shockwaves
through cycling groups. 12.9.2009
Source: "Truck driver throws
firecracker at Sydney cyclists", 14.9.2009, http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26067250-421,00.html
Kingsthorpe. Police are investigating the illegal use
of fireworks, after a timber fire threatened property at a Rebwonga Street
address. A Police Senior Constable said spent fireworks cartridges were found at
the fire. 10.10.2009
Source: "Fireworks may have sparked
timber fire", 12.10.2009, http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2009/10/12/fireworks-may-have-sparked-timber-fire/
Darwin. A 42-year-old man will
be permanently disabled after a fire cracker exploded in his hand. 24.12.2009
Source:
"Man
dismembers hand in fire cracker mishap", 25.12.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/26/2780827.htm?section=australia
"Man blows
off hand with cracker", 27.12.2009, http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/12/27/111911_ntnews.html
Sunbury. At about 12.40am , a
24-year-old placed a firework in a long tube in the backyard of a house Long
Drive. When the man went to light the wick the firework exploded in his face and
he suffered facial burns. 28.12.2009
Source:
"Man hospitalised after
fireworks explode", 28.12.2009, http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/man-hospitalised-after-fireworks-explode-20091228-lghb.html
"Fireworks
explode in Sunbury man's face", 28.12.2009, http://sunbury-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/fireworks-explode-in-face-of-sunbury-man/
"Cracker
blows up in man's face", 28.12.2009, http://www.theage.com.au/national/cracker-blows-up-in-mans-face-20091228-lgjs.html
Altona Meadow. A 14-year-old
lit a firework at his home and the cracker blew up in his face leaving his
forehead cut, cheeks burnt and eyelashes singed. 31.12.2009
Source: "Two
injured in firework explosions", 1.1.2010, http://www.theage.com.au/national/two-injured-in-firework-explosions-20100101-lles.html
Melbourne. A fire cracker
exploded near a 13-year-old boy at a St Albans Park. He suffered burns.
31.12.2009
Source: "Teen
suffers NYE fireworks burns", 31.12.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/01/2783714.htm?section=justin
Australian cities spent more than a
million dollars on fireworks for New Year's Eve.
Sydney's $650,000 bought 20 minutes
of pyrotechnic extravaganza. Melbourne spent $264,000.
Source: "Aust spends over a
million on fireworks", 1.1.2010, http://bigpondnews.com/articles/National/2010/01/01/Aust_spends_over_a_million_on_fireworks_412645.html
2008
Pakenham. Mrs Beetham says rockets showering her house
could have caused a disastrous start to 2008. The woman who lives in Kelly
Court, said she was forced to grab the garden hose before calling 000 as
fireworks caused a grass fire near her back fence.
Source:
"Fireworks fury", 10.1.2008, http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/53354
Taree, New South Wales. A
group of people are believed responsible for blowing up an electricity junction
box in Kanangra Drive. It is believed they placed a firecracker in the junction
box and ignited it, the explosion triggering a fire and blacking out surrounding
properties. Cost of their prank: around $30,000, with power lost to many homes
in the surrounding area. 15.2.2008
Source:
"Prank leaves homes without power", 19.2.2008, http://taree.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/prank-leaves-homes-without-power/1185336.html
Toowoomba. Vandals destroyed a
letterbox in Holberton Street. "The mailbox was blown up using some sort of
explosive device, most likely a firework", said Toowoomba Police Senior
Constable. 2.3.2008
Source:
"Explosive prank destroys letterbox", 4.3.2008, http://www.thechronicle.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3765469&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Corio. A fireworks display at
Beckley Park terrified a man's six-year-old mastiff; she broke through a wire
door to get inside before he had a chance to open the door. The dog spent an
hour shaking as the sound of the fireworks boomed across the suburbs near
Beckley Park. 23.3.2008
Source: "Corio
dog has no truck with monster fireworks", 25.3.2008, http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/03/25/12473_news.html
Ballarat. An explosive device was thrown from the
rooftop of a supermarket in the centre of the city onto the road, causing a loud
explosion, shaking nearby shops and some debris has damaged a car that was
parked nearby. The police believes the explosion was caused by a big fireworks
device. 13.7.2008
Source: "Illegal fireworks blamed
for Ballarat explosion", 14.7.2008, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/14/2302641.htm?site=melbourne
Mount
Isa/north-west Queeensland. A man who streaked along Camooweal Street wearing
only his underwear and a bike helmet with exploding firecrackers on it has been
charged with being a public nuisance and having possession on fireworks.
26.10.2008
Source:
"Streaker
runs through Mt Isa with exploding fireworks", 27.10.2008, http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24557831-911,00.html
"Fireworks
fly in Mt Isa as man does urban streak in his undies", 27.10.2008, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24557317-5006786,00.html
Renmark.
The South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service says Christmas pageant fireworks
were the cause of a bushfire. Riverland regional manager says the Renmark
council had a permit for the fireworks display and the firework technicians were
not to blame. 5.12.2008
Source:
"Fireworks spark Renmark bushfire", 8.12.2008, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/08/2440644.htm?site=riverland
Wodonga.
Two firecrackers had been stuck on the front and rear windshields of a Nissan.
The car's front windscreen was smashed as the first explosive detonated outside
the family's Carkeek Street home about midnight. 24.12.2008
Source:
"Bomb shakes up grandma", 24.12.2008, http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/local/news/general/bomb-shakes-up-grandma/1394771.aspx
2007
Police
Minister has praised the behaviour of more than one million revellers who
crowded Sydney's centre and harbour foreshore to watch the $3 million (!!)
fireworks and light display.
Source:
"Sydney stabbing mars celebration", 2.1.2007, http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/bm/national/596985.html
A
fireworks prank in the middle of Mooloolaba on the weekend could have resulted
in serious injury and major property damage, according to experts. The massive
firework was set off by troublemakers near the junction of Parkyn Parade and
Brisbane Road – an area surrounded by resort apartments packed with tourists
– about 3am Sunday, 7.1.2007
Source:
"Lives put at risk by late night fireworks", 8.1.2007, http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3716561&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Albany
police say a series of fires in bushland near a skate park were caused by the
city's Australia Day fireworks display. Police investigating the fires found
smouldering remnants of fireworks in the bush. 26.1.2007
Source:
"Police say Aust Day fireworks caused fires", 30.1.2007, http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/01/30/1836115.htm
Fire
broke out on at least one of the fireworks barges on the Swan River during the
night's Skyshow. 26.1.2007
Source:
"Australia Day revellers spark bushfires", 27.1.2007, http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/01/27/1834621.htm
Conargo,
New South Wales. Cris Russell (23) has died after a fireworks exploded in his face during a
late night escapade on a farm on the outskirts of Conargo. Police say the man (23) suffered critical head injuries when a fireworks device he was
attempting to light exploded prematurely. The man was with three others (aged 15
to 23) when the accident happened. 10.2.2007
Source:
"Man
dies in fireworks explosion", 11.2.2007, http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/man-dies-in-fireworks-explosion/2007/02/11/1171128805432.html
"Man
killed in fireworks accident", 11.2.2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1845018.htm
"Police
yet to name victim of fireworks mishap", 12.2.2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1845394.htm
"Blast
in face kills visitor", 12.2.2007, http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/bm/local/655659.html
"Police
name fireworks blast victim", 13.2.2007, http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/02/13/1846710.htm
Five
grass fires were reported in different parts of Canberra because of sparks from
fireworks being blown by strong winds.
Source:
"Fireworks blamed for grass fires, 9.6.2007, http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/09/1946805.htm
Canberra's
emergency services were kept busy last night dealing with grass fires caused by
fireworks. The ACT Fire Brigade responded to an estimated 22 calls for grass and
rubbish fires, as well as illegal burning related to fireworks.
Source:
"Windy conditions add fuel to fires started by fireworks", 11.6.2007, http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=general&story_id=594876&category=General
Canberra.
An Australia Post public mailbox was blown up in Kembla Street, scattering
fragments and shrapnel from the mailbox across the street. Police believe the
explosion was caused by commercial fireworks. ACT Policing's bomb response team
determined the damage was most likely caused by fireworks. 28.6.2007
Source:
"Fireworks blamed for blast", 1.7.2007, http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=general&story_id=1014635&category=general
Darwin.
A man (27) was blinded in one eye – and doctors fear he may lose sight in the
other - after a firecracker exploded in front of his face during Territory Day
celebrations. The mortar-type fire cracker exploded in his face when he leaned
over it. 1.7.2007
Source:
"Man's
eye blown out by firework", 2.7.2007, http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/02/1967089.htm?section=australia
"Fireworks
explodes in man's eye", 3.7.2007, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22008957-1702,00.html
They
were injured during Territory Day celebrations:
A
boy (5) was hit by a rocket, burning the side of his body.
A
boy (16) suffered severe burns to his groin after a fire cracker exploded on his
lap.
A
man (20) was injured by debris from a home-made fire cracker which exploded
before he could get away.
A
man was burned on the leg after a cracker fell over before it exploded. 1.7.2007
Source:
"Fireworks explodes in man's eye", 3.7.2007, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22008957-1702,00.html
A Kelso youth who used
powerful firecrackers to cause nearly $17,000 in damages has been sentenced to
10 months of weekend detention by the Bathurst Local Court. The magistrate said,
the youth who was 19 when he committed the offences, had to be gaoled after
setting off eight powerful Titanium Salute firecrackers, including one that
badly damaged a motor vehicle during June and July 2007. He is ordered to pay
compensation totalling $16,838.78.
Source: "Gaol
for letterbox bomber", 28.2.2008, http://bathurst.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/gaol-for-letterbox-bomber/1192706.html
Wallerawang, New South Wales.
A large explosion has ripped through a fireworks factory. 10 homes have been evacuated in a one-kilometre
exclusion zone around the Howard and Sons Pyrotechnics factory. Efforts to extinguish the blaze were being hampered by
continuing explosions at the factory. Emergency service crews could not enter
the hazardous factory grounds for some time. Witnesses watched helplessly as the factory was hit by
a series of explosions over a 90-minute period. The massive explosion destroyed 20 and damaged 30 of
all 50 buildings on the 154-hectare property, with metal debris blowing the windows and
doors of eight homes up to one kilometre from the factory and the blast was heard over 30 km
away.
The blast has left a three-metre crater in the ground
where a steel shipping container once stood and where investigators believe the
seat of the explosion was, or one of the explosions.
No employees were at the factory when the blast
happened but police suspect a thief broke in and was killed in an explosion he
inadvertently let off when raiding a firework storeroom. Investigators three days later say they don't believe
anyone was killed at the site. Forensic officers have collected fragments found up to
several hundred metres away from the explosion site in their attempt to find the
cause of the blast.
More than $1 million damage.
8.12.2007
Source:
"Fire crews battle pyrotechnics factory inferno",
8.12.2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/08/2113549.htm
"Fireworks plant blows up", 8.12.2007, http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/fireworks-plant-blows-up/2007/12/08/1196813089866.html
"Authorities prepare to enter factory after
fireworks blast", 9.12.2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/09/2113566.htm
"Firework plant blast in Australia",
9.12.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7134964.stm
"Police fear one dead in fireworks blast"
(with
video "Fears person caught in factory blast"), 9.12.2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/09/2113597.htm?section=justin
"Intruder may have sparked fireworks blast",
9.12.2007, http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22894451-1702,00.html
"Steel bent like bananas at fireworks site",
10.12.2007, http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/steel-bent-like-bananas-at-fireworks-site/2007/12/10/1197135333631.html
"Intruder theory in Howards explosion",
11.12.2007, http://lithgow.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/intruder-theory-in-howards-explosion/1102300.html
"No one died in fireworks blast: police",
11.12.2007, http://news.theage.com.au/no-one-died-in-fireworks-blast-police/20071211-1gd7.html
Wallerawang.
Eine Explosionsserie zerstörte grosse Teile der Howard and Sons
Feuerwerksfabrik. Wegen der vielen Detonationen konnte die Feuerwehr zunächst
nicht zu den Bränden auf dem 150 Hektar grossen Gelände der Feuerwerksfabrik
vordringen. Die Behörden richteten eine Sperrzone von einem Kilometer im
Umkreis der Fabrik ein und evakuierten zeitweise zehn Wohnhäuser aus der
unmittelbaren Nähe der Fabrik. 20 Gebäude wurden zerstört und 30 weitere
beschädigt. Die Explosionen waren noch in 30 Kilometer Entfernung zu hören.
Fenster mehrerer Wohnhäuser in nächster Umgebung zerbarsten, Türen wurden
durch die Wucht der Explosion eingedrückt.
Die
Explosionsserie begann ersten Ermittlungen zufolge in einem Frachtcontainer. Zum
Zeitpunkt der Explosionen waren keine Arbeiter in der Fabrik.
Nach Vermutungen der
Polizei könnte ein Eindringling die Explosion verursacht haben und dabei möglicherweise
getötet worden sein. 8.12.2007
Quelle:
"Explosionsserie
in australischer Feuerwerksfabrik", 9.12.2007, http://www.baz.ch
"Schwere
Explosion in australischer Feuerwerksfabrik", 9.12.2007, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGyFBMO178lBrgRNiWd1n6luwTZQ
"Schwere
Explosion in Feuerwerksfabrik", 9.12.2007, http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,522233,00.html
"Explosion
in Feuerwerksfabrik bei Sydney zerstört 20 Häuser", 12.12.2007, http://www.orf.at/?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orf.at%2Fticker%2F273669.html
"Kein
Silvester-Feuerwerk in Melbourne?", 10.12.2007, http://www.welt.de/welt_print/article1445931/Kein_Silvester-Feuerwerk_in_Melbourne.html
"Schwere
Explosion in australischer Feuerwerksfabrik. Rund 20 Gebäude zerstört",
11.12.2007, http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/wissenschaft/schwere_explosion_in_australischer_feuerwerksfabrik__1.596626.html
2006
Alice
Springs. A woman (20) and a man (20) have been arrested after allegedly throwing
lit fireworks from a moving car. 2.4.2006
Source:
"Pair accused of throwing lit fireworks from car", 3.4.2006, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/04/03/1607062.htm
North of Alice Springs. Explosion at a fireworks storage facility: The
owner (31) of a pyrotechnics company was cleaning up his magazine at the
Explosives Reserve when the fireworks he was handling cracked and went off. He
dropped the firework which then ignited other material stored in the bunker. He
tried to drive away but his car caught fire. The man suffered burns to his right
hand and arm and his hair was singed. Fireworks, magazine and car were destroyed.
Damage: almost $60,000.
Source:
"Fireworks bunker explodes near Alice Springs",
18.6.2006, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1665544.htm
"WorkSafe to investigate fireworks bunker explosion", 19.6.2006, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1666053.htm
Sydney.
NRL match at Sydney's Telstra Stadium: Four rugby league fans suffered minor
injuries, including ringing ears, after firecrackers were let off in the
north-eastern corner of Telstra Stadium as the Bulldogs neared victory over
ladder leaders Brisbane last night.
Source:
"Fireworks
spark security review", 23.7.2005, http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16023891%255E1702,00.html
"Don't
punish Bulldogs for fireworks: CEO", 23.7.2005, http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=56074
Port
Macquarie. New Years
Eve's aerial fireworks at Wesport Park were cancelled because of strong winds
after one cracker threatened bystanders. A woman was treated by an ambulance to
remove ash from one of her eyes. 31.12.2005
Source:
"Record crowds, but fireworks fizzle", 2.1.2006,
http://portmacquarie.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&story_id=448966&category=General%20News&m=1&y=2006
Thurgoona.
The Daysdale Way woman arrived home about 2 a.m. to find her dog (9) covered in
blood and completely exhausted from fear. The woman was worried that there would
be unlicensed fireworks around, so she tethered the dog to her harness thinking
that she would be safe. But the dog was so frightened by the fireworks that she
must have tried to run or scratch on the concrete under the pergola and she has
worn her nails down to the quick.
31.12.2005
Source:
"Fireworks terror leaves pet bloodied", 2.1.2006,
http://www.bordermail.com.au/newsflow/pageitem?page_id=1112257
2004
More
than 100 people have been treated for fireworks injuries in Victoria since 2001.
2.1.2004:
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8301107%5E2862,00.html
Lennox
Head, near Byron Bay on New South Wales' far north coast. Just after midnight,
when an organised fireworks going well, seven people were injured with various
degrees of burns when fireworks were thrown into the crowd out the front of the
Lennox Point Hotel. 1.1.2004
Source:
"Police face New Year's violence at Lennox Head", 1.1.2004, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2004/01/01/1018848.htm
Darley,
near Bacchus Marsh. A 24-year-old man suffered severe eye injuries when a firecracker hit his face during New Year's Eve celebrations.
2.1.2004
Source:
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8301107%5E2862,00.html
Sydney.
Armed with garbage bins filled with paving bricks and beer bottles, Molotov
cocktails and fireworks, about 100 Aborigines attacked police... Protesters …
set off fireworks among the police.
16.2.2004
Source:
"Race
riot rocks Sydney", 16.2.2004, http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1076904003514B223
"Aborigines
riot in Sydney over teen's death", 16.2.2004, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040217/asp/foreign/story_2904547.asp
North
Nowra. A boy (13) was at home with his family, when he walked into the kitchen
holding a firecracker in his hand, with the fuse lit. It exploded causing
extensive injuries to the boy's right hand.
Source:
"Teen injured in cracker blast", 13.8.2004, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2004/08/13/1176029.htm
Wagga
Wagga, in southwestern New South Wales. Firecrackers were taped together and
ignited a Labor candidate's campaign car just before 1.30am. As a result of the
fireworks going off, some smaller secondary fires were caused around the near
vicinity.
Source:
"ALP campaign car firebombed, 13.9.2004, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2004/09/13/1197526.htm
Suburban
Lonsdale, Adelaide. A man (24) was letting off fireworks outside a business when
they exploded in his face, causing severe head and upper body injuries, and a
cardiac arrest.
23.12.2004
Source:
"Man
in critical condition after fireworks accident, 24.12.2004, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1271759.htm
"Fireworks
explosion at a Christmas party in Adelaide's south last night", 24.12.2004,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2004/12/24/1272026.htm
2003
Oakleigh.
At a Greek Easter celebration just after midnight, sections of the crowd of the
church-organised event began setting off illegal fireworks. One of the rockets
misfired and flew into the crowd, injuring two women. One was struck in the
shoulder region and neck which caused burning to the neck and hair and then
struck another female in the face and at that point it had exploded and caused
serious injuries to her eyes, particularly one eye.
27.4.2003
Source:
"Two women injured in fireworks accident", 27.4.2003,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200304/s840853.htm
Cape Breton. A firefighter suffered minor burns and bruises on the
weekend after he lit the fuse on a fireworks rocket that exploded just after it lifted off.
29.7.2003
Source:
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/07/29/fNovaScotia.html
Tarago,
near Goulburn in New South Wales. A group was lighting crackers near a campfire
when one exploded. Five people suffered burns and
broken bones.
16.8.2003
Source:
"Fireworks accident injures five", 16.8.2003, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200308/s925852.htm
Spearwood/Western
Australia. Police believe fireworks may have caused a blaze which
led to the evacuation of several homes.
Some residents were treated for smoke inhalation. 23.11.2003
Source:
"Police say fireworks may have cause Spearwood blaze, 23.11.2003, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200311/s995341.htm or
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/11/23/995341.htm
NSW
government warned today ahead of tomorrow's New Year's Eve celebrations:
Backyard fireworks' displays are illegal at any time of the year and those
breaking the ban face fines of up to $11,000!
à
read "Warning on illegal NYE fireworks", 30.12.2003, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8284215%5E1702,00.html
Police
seized a tonne of illegal fireworks, with a wholesale value of $14,500, after
intercepting a truck in Wangaratta last week.
Source:
2.1.2004, http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8301107%5E2862,00.html
