2011
Springfield. A teenager has been convicted of arson
after throwing a firework through a pub window on February 5, 2011. He planned
guilty at Wigan Magistrates' Court after being caught on CCTV throwing the
firework into the Douglas Bank pub on Woodhouse Lane. The firework caused fire
damage to a window frame as well as smoke damage to the bar area. The
18-year-old was sentenced to a six month, 30 hour community order. He was also
ordered to pay compensation of £300 and costs of £40.
Source: "Teenage arsonist threw
firework", 23.2.2011, http://www.wigantoday.net/news/teenage_arsonist_threw_firework_1_3107331
2010
Westhoughton. It is believed
that a stray firework, probably from a nearby New Year's celebration, had landed
in the gutter of the house in Stanley Close, and set fire to felt on the roof.
The blaze spread quickly and filled the house with smoke. The roof of a
neighbouring house was also damaged by the blaze and firefighters spent nearly
six hours at the scene. The remains of the rocket were found in the guttering.
1.1.2010
Source: "New Year drama as firework sparks roof blaze", 2.1.2010, http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4828580.New_Year_drama_as_firework_sparks_roof_blaze/
Cumbria. Police said a small
explosive device, believed to have been a firework, was set alight and then
placed inside a Victorian village post box at Rosgill, near Shap. The Royal Mail
post box was destroyed. 31.1.2010
Source: "Firework
attack destroys Victorian post box in Cumbria", 1.2.2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8490737.stm
Chippenham.
Lit fireworks have been used in at least four arson attacks over recent weeks.
Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service was called to Audley Road on 24 February
2010 and again on 11 March 2010, after fireworks were posted into a pillar box.
Two
further incidents were dealt with by Wiltshire Police, one involving a house in
Downing Street on 14 March 2010 and the second at a home in Cinders End on 16
March 2010, where both properties had lit fireworks placed through the letterbox.
All
four incidents led to some damage to the surrounding structure.
Source:
"Police
and fire brigade investigate firework arson attacks", 23.3.2010, http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/5077822.Police_and_fire_brigade_investigate_firework_arson_attacks/
"Crackdown on firework arson in Chippenham", 25.3.2010, http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/5084333.Crackdown_on_firework_arson_in_Chippenham/
A woman was driving behind a
car on the busy A77 a Bogend Toll near Symington when she saw the driver (34)
lighting a firework, rolling down the window and throwing it. The banger
exploded directly in front of the woman's car. 1.3.2010
Source: "Toddler's terror firework attack", 2.3.2010, http://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/emailalerts/articles/2010/03/02/397612-toddlers-terror-firework-attack/
Eye.
A hedge was set on fire after a firework was set off in a phone box on Castleton
Way around midnight. 7.3.2010
Source:
"Phone box firework starts hedge fire", 8.3.2010, http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/Phone-box-firework-starts-hedge.6133153.jp
Coven.
Eighty tons of bailed straw went up in flames in a field at Pendeford Hall Lane
in a blaze police believe may have been started by fireworks. Firefighters used
the farmer's tractor to try and break down the bales to put water on the straw.
Used fireworks were discovered at the scene. 14.3.2010
Source:
"Fireworks blamed as straw destroyed", 15.3.2010, http://www.expressandstar.com/2010/03/15/fireworks-blamed-as-straw-destroyed/
Shieldfield,
Newcastle.
Christopher Graham is today behind bars for a firework attack on his
ex-girlfriend's home. When he thought his girlfriend was having an affair, he
hurled a firework through her letter box, causing a small fire. Newcastle Crown
Court heard August 5, 2010, that Graham launched his attack on April 12 at the
flat at Clarence House, a block of around 30 flats in Shieldfield, Newcastle,
where his on-off girlfriend lives with her two daughters (17, 6). Fortunately,
she was awake and able to extinguish the flames. The judge jailed Graham for
seven years and said it was simply luck that the woman and others in the block
of flats were not killed.
Source:
"Lottery
winner's stepson jailed for Newcastle arson", 5.8.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-10886425
"Tyneside
Lotto loser jailed for firework attack", 6.8.2010, http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/08/06/tyneside-lotto-loser-jailed-for-firework-attack-72703-27011016/
Burgess
Hill. Fire in a ground floor flat at Albion Court, School Close. A woman was
taken to hospital after the blaze. The fire service said the fire had been
caused by a firework being put through a letterbox. 22.4.2010
Source: "Arsonist attacks flat", 23.4.2010, http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/mid/Arsonist-attacks-flat.6249323.jp
Alum
Bay. A stray firework from a display at the Needles Pleasure Park is thought to
have been responsible for a fire which broke out in a cornfield near the park.
5.8.2010
Source:
"Fireworks sparks fire at Alum Bay", 5.8.2010, http://ventnorblog.com/2010/08/05/firework-sparks-fire-at-alum-bay/
"Stray
firework leads to fire", 6.8.2010, http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/stray-firework-leads-to-fire-34105.aspx
Haverhill.
Firefighters were called to Fennels Close at 5.06 a.m. When they arrived they
found a large shed well alight. The building was known to contain fireworks.
Firecrews initially had to be withdrawn to a safe area before tackling the
flames. The shed was close to another property and the building's occupants had
to be evacuated. 16.8.2010
Source: "Residents evacuated after blaze at fireworks shed", 16.8.2010, http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/residents_evacuated_after_blaze_at_fireworks_shed_1_582477
West
Cumbria. A man (47) broke both his legs and feet in a blast after the fireworks
he was making in his garage exploded. His 12-year-old son, who had been standing
outside, escaped with minor injuries in Linethwaite. 21.8.2010
Source:
"Cumbrian
father and son hurt in explosion while making fireworks", 23.8.2010, http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbrian-father-and-son-hurt-in-explosion-while-making-fireworks-1.749625?referrerPath=news
"Cumbrian
man broke both legs in home-made fireworks explosion", 24.8.2010, http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbrian-man-broke-both-legs-in-home-made-fireworks-explosion-1.749921?referrerPath=news
"Dad injured after fireworks explode in garage", 25.8.2010, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/25/rocket-shock-115875-22511910/
Gosport.
Firework was put through the letterbox of a house in Mortimore Road and went
off, causing damage to the door of the property at about 9.10 p.m. 8.9.2010
Source: "Gosport family in lit firework terror", 14.9.2010, http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Gosport-family-in-lit-firework.6530142.jp
Newcastle.
Lives were put at risk when reckless pranksters put a lit firework around 5pm in
a letterbox of a house in Orpington Avenue. 9.10.2010
Source: "Vandals put firework through home letterbox", 20.10.2010, http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/10/20/vandals-put-firework-through-home-letterbox-72703-27509688
Bredbury.
A gang of youths targeted two homes at 9.50p.m. In both incidents the fireworks
were lit and the explosion caused plastic and metal from the letterbox to
shatter. 12.10.2010
Source: "Fireworks posted through letterboxes", 13.10.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1345515_fireworks_posted_through_letterboxes
Stretford.
Mum-to-be Amy Royle, who is 41 weeks pregnant, was caught up in a terrifying
firework attack on a pub. The 'makeshift
bomb' of 20 fireworks taped together landed near Amy, who was with her partner
and her dad at the Melville Hotel, Barton Road. Customers ran for cover as
scorching red missiles showered the bar. Customer Viv St Paul was hit in the
face by an exploding shell before she ran to safety. Police are now
investigating the 'reckless and stupid' attack, which was captured on the pub's
CCTV system. The graphic footage shows the thug lighting the fireworks outside
before throwing them inside and running off. The explosion and about 45 minutes
of smoke-filled rooms afterwards are also caught on camera. 14.10.2010
Source:
"Video:
Terror of heavily pregnant woman caught in pub firework attack",
21.10.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1346158_video_terror_of_heavily_pregnant_woman_caught_in_pub_firework_attack
"Mother-to-be
escapes pub firework attack in Stretford", 21.10.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11599619
Ellenbrook.
A firework explosion which left a teenager in hospital was so powerful that it
set off burglar alarms in the street. Joshua Gillot (14) suffered severe
injuries when the firework went off in his hand outside his home in Lower New
Row, in the 'City' area of Mosley Common. 17.10.2010
Source :
"Boy, 14, injured in firework explosion", 19.10.2010, http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/8460269.Boy__14__injured_in_firework_explosion/
"Tyldesley schoolboy injured by firework", 22.10.2010, http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/8469749.Teenager_hurt_in_firework_blast/
"Tyldesley
pupils given fireworks safety advice", 22.10.2010, http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/northwest/8470545.Fireworks_boy_recovering/
Nottingham.
A house in Tunstall Drive in Sherwood has been damaged by fire after a firework
was pushed through the letter box. 20.10.2010
Source: "Fire at house after firework pushed through letter box", 21.10.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-11594985
Aspley.
A firework is believed to have started a fire which left a first floor flat in
Wendover Drive gutted. The firework is believed to have gone through the kitchen
window. No one was injured but a cat and a kitten are believed to have been
killed by smoke fumes. 22.10.2010
Source: "Aspley flat gutted after blaze 'caused by firework'", 23.10.2010, http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Aspley-flat-gutted-blaze-caused-firework/article-2791492-detail/article.html
Mansfield. From a Volkswagen a lit firework was thrown
through an open passenger window of an Audi car as it stopped at traffic lights
in Southwell Road West, next to the Total petrol station, exploded on the front
passenger seat and causing some damage to the car. 22.10.2010
Source: "Police investigate after lit firework thrown
into car", 16.11.2010, http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Police-investigate-lit-firework-thrown-car/article-2900123-detail/article.html
Skelmersdale. Fireworks were thrown into a children's
home by a group of teenagers.
At around 7pm the windows were smashed in at Elm House
on Lime Grove. Fireworks were then thrown into the building and a couch caught
fire. Although staff managed to put the fire out with an extinguisher, the fire
service were also called to the scene. 30.10.2010
Source: "Skelmersdale residents terrorised by teenagers
after a firework is thrown into a
children's home", 4.11.2010, http://www.osadvertiser.co.uk/news/skelmersdale-news/2010/11/04/skelmersdale-residents-terrorised-by-teenagers-after-a-firework-is-thrown-into-a-children-s-home-80904-27593888/
Tilbury.
Essex Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of lit fireworks put through
the letter boxes of two addresses in Adelaide Road. As inspectors were examining
one of the properties two of their colleagues remained in the vehicle which was
"pelted" with fireworks. 30.10.2010
Source:
"Firework
thugs attack firefighters", 31.10.2010, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gt3Hzpqxukf-eLSoDiIRYYgU1dog?docId=N0073951288479495968A
"Fireworks
thrown at firefighters in Essex", 31.10.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-11661145
Whitworth. A kiosk was wrecked at the junction of Hall
Street and Market street. Just before 7pm a firework was set off in the call
box, causing a small explosion and demolishing the handset. 30.10.2010
Source: "Rossendale phone booth wrecked in firework attack", 31.10.2010, http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/8486196.Rossendale_phone_booth_wrecked_in_firework_attack/
Crumlin.
A nine-month-old boy narrowly escaped injury after a fragmentation grenade was
thrown at his home. The baby was asleep on a couch in the living room when the
grenade exploded right outside the window of the Monasterboice house at 11pm.
The grenade blew a hole in the path under the front window of the house, as well
as damaging the front of the house and the top of the window frame. The double
glazing in the house withstood the blast, but four panes of glass in the windows
of the neighbouring house were shattered, 31.10.2010
Source: "Baby lucky to escape injury in grenade attack", 3.11.2010, http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/baby-lucky-to-escape-injury-in-grenade-attack-2405582.html
Drymen,
Stirling district, Central Scotland. A family, including three children, had to be evacuated from their
home after a firework set their front porch on fire when the family were inside
asleep at the time. 31.10.2010
Source:
"Warning after firework sets Drymen family's porch alight", 2.11.2010, http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/206280-warning-after-firework-sets-drymen-familys-porch-alight/
"Firework
set fire to family home", 2.11.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11673728
South
Tyneside, North East England. A 40-year-old mum-of-two
had a lucky escape after a lit firework was allegedly thrown through her door of
her home in Shaw Avenue, Biddick Hall, filling the downstairs property with
smoke and causing fire damage to the carpet and sofa at about 1.15am. 31.10.2010
Source:
"Firework nearly burned home", 2.11.2010, http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Firework-nearly-burned-home.6609826.jp
Wrexham.
A woman has been left traumatised after yobs put a lit firework through the
letterbox at her home in West Circle when she was asleep in bed around 9pm.
23.10.2010
Source:
"Yobs pushed lit firework through Wrexham letterbox", 1.11.2010, http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/95007/yobs-pushed-lit-firework-through-wrexham-letterbox.aspx
London.
A
female police community support officer was left bruised and shaken after a
firework thrown in her direction exploded close to her face. The officer, in her
twenties, was on patrol outside Anson House, near Mile End Road when the rocket
was thrown from behind her. The impact of the blast knocked off her cycling
helmet, leaving her with bruising. 30.10.2010
Source:
"Firework thrown at female PCSO in Mile End Halloween attack", 2.11.2010,
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/firework_thrown_at_female_pcso_in_mile_end_halloween_attack_1_715480
Hinton
St George. A lit firework was put through the letterbox of a 70-year-old man just after midnight. The firework had exploded on the stairway
causing a lot of smoke and the occupant was given oxygen therapy and conveyed to
hospital because he had inhaled some smoke. 1.11.2010
Source:
"Crewkerne: Lit firework posted through
letterbox," 5.11.2010, http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/7265/16/1/crewkerne-lit-firework-posted-through-letterbox
"Lit firework shoved through
letterbox", 1.11.2010, http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/8486744.Lit_firework_shoved_through_letterbox/
Parbold. A manhunt has been launched for arsonists after a lit
firework was posted through the letterbox of a police station. The attack
damaged the Parbold outpost's interior.
The front door and
carpets were singed and the building was filled with smoke. The device then burned itself out and
no further damage was caused. 4.11.2010
Source:
"Firework 'posted' at police station",
7.11.2010, http://www.wigantoday.net/news/firework_posted_at_police_station_1_2743993
"Firework posted through police
letterbox", 6.11.2010, http://www.chorley-guardian.co.uk/chorley/Firework-posted-through-police-letterbox.6614887.jp
Fartown.
An 88-year-old partially sighted and also bedridden woman was lucky to escape
with her life after a firework was put through her letterbox. She had to be helped by firefighters, who found her in bed as her home
filled with smoke as the firework exploded soon after 10.30pm. 4.11.2010
Source:
"Fartown firework attack on property of 88-year-old pensioner", 6.11.2010,
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2010/11/06/fartown-firework-attack-on-property-of-88-year-old-pensioner-86081-27610433/
Linford.
Police are treating a lighted firework thrown through a letterbox in a
semi-detached home in Halt Lane at 7.49pm as arson. 4.11.2010
Source:
"Lit firework thrown through letterbox being treated as arson", 5.11.2010,
http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/8620237.Lit_firework_thrown_through_letterbox_being_treated_as_arson/
Westhoughton. A mother-of-three was seriously injured
when yobs hurled a firework at her from a passing car. Beverley Cowburn says her
face would have been blown off is she had not moved her hand to protect herself.
But the 42-year-old still faces losing the use of some of the fingers on her
badly damaged hand after the attack in Clough Avenue. The blast left her right
hand badly burnt and blew chunks of flesh off it, leaving a hole in one finger.
4.11.2010
Source: "Drive-by firework attack
horror", 4.11.2010, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/8494202.Drive_by_firework_attack_horror/
Abbeydale. A group of youths threw fireworks at fire
crews out on a job on Abbeydale Road. 5.11.2010
Source: "Fire crews kept busy on Bonfire
Night",
8.11.2010, http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Fire-crews-kept-busy-on.6616635.jp
Abbeydale. A car was set on fire on Broadfield Road,
after a brick was put through the window and a lit firework thrown into the
vehicle. 5.11.2010
Source: "Fire crews kept busy on Bonfire
Night",
8.11.2010, http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Fire-crews-kept-busy-on.6616635.jp
Manchester-Benchill.
A man suffered slight facial burns from a firework on Sancroft Road. 5.11.2010
Source:
"Horror as firework lands in child's pram", 6.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1370530_horror_as_firework_lands_in_childs_pram
Bolton.
A toddler who was hit by a firework while in his pram was saved by a cup of cold
tea. Alfie Watkinson (2) was sitting with his sisters 20 feet from the
fountain-style firework when part of it flew out of the ground during a family
bonfire in the back garden at their home in Castle Street. It landed in his pram,
injuring his left eye and setting fire to his coat and the pram. His mum threw a
cup of cold tea over the firework to put it out. 5.11.2010
Source:
"Horror
as firework lands in child's pram", 6.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1370530_horror_as_firework_lands_in_childs_pram
"Firework victim Alfie saved – by a cup of tea", 8.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1370594_firework_victim_alfie_saved__by_a_cup_of_tea
"A
quiet bonfire night for crews", 8.11.2010, http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/districtnews/districtatog/8623208.A_quiet_bonfire_night_for_crews/
Bolton
Source:
"A
quiet bonfire night for crews", 8.11.2010, http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/districtnews/districtatog/8623208.A_quiet_bonfire_night_for_crews/
Dorset. A man who threw a lit firework into the Chinese
Dina Zone takeaway, on Turlin Road, Poole, is being sought by police. A small
amount of damage was caused to the shop. 5.11.2010
Source: "Lit firework thrown into Chinese takeaway in
Poole", 8.11.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-11715156
Huntingdon.
At 8pm one crew from Huntingdon was called to a firework which was tied to a
tree at the Whaddons. Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire. 5.11.2010
Source:
"Cambridgeshire firefighters have a busy weekend", 9.11.2010, http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Cambridgeshire/St-Neots/PE19/News/Local-News/179993-Cambridgeshire-Firefighters-have-a-busy-Bonfire-Weekend
Leigh,
near Wigan. A 32-year-old man was taken to hospital with burns to his left eye,
cheek and nose. The fire service said he returned to a firework which
subsequently exploded on Conifer Walk. 5.11.2010
Source:
"Horror as firework lands in child's pram", 6.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1370530_horror_as_firework_lands_in_childs_pram
Lewes,
East Sussex. A man was in critical condition after being hit by a stray firework
at one of the country's biggest displays.
The
21-year-old was hit in the chest by a rocket at Landport Recreation Ground. The
man, a member of Commercial Square Bonfire Society, suffered very serious burns,
fractured ribs and laceration to his lungs. He had helped to organise the event.
5.11.2010
Source:
"Man 'lucky to be alive' after Lewes firework accident", 6.11.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11704103
"Man
critically injured by stray firework", 6.11.2010, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8114517/Man-critically-injured-by-stray-firework.html
"Fireworks
blast man in chest", 7.11.2010, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/11/07/fireworks-blast-man-in-chest-115875-22698383/
"Injured
firework man 'lucky to be alive'", 8.11.2010, http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/injured_firework_man_lucky_to_be_alive_1_1600130
"Bonfire
society chief hurt by rocket", 8.11.2010, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bonfire-society-chief-hurt-by-rocket-2128026.html
Oldham.
A man suffered facial burns from a firework on Redgrave Street. 5.11.2010
Source: "Horror as firework lands in child's pram2, 6.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1370530_horror_as_firework_lands_in_childs_pram
Pebsham.
A mum was so angry when teenagers had put a firework inside a pumpkin by her
front door and damaged the fascia of the house of Roundacres Way by the
explosion that she jumped into her car to chase after them. Also her son, who
has autism, was terrified by the noise. But when she followed the gang one of
them threw a lit firework directly at the car and she had to turn back.
Source:
"Mum chases after firework prank youths", 5.11.2010, http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/bexhill-news/mum_chases_after_firework_prank_youths_1_1597797
Salisbury. A cat and a duck found burned to death are
thought to have been attacked with fireworks. The cat was discovered by a dog
walker in Harnham on November 6, 2010, and the duck was found in Queen
Elizabeth Gardens on November 5, 2010. Firework remains were found nearby.
Source: "Cat and duck 'killed by fireworks' in
Salisbury", 7.11.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-11706021
Shaw.
A woman was hit in the face by a firework on Milnrow Road in Shaw. 5.11.2010
Source:
"Praise as Bonfire Night toll falls", 8.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1370595_praise_as_bonfire_night_toll_falls
South
Tyneside. Cows caused Bonfire Night chaos when 130 got free after being spooked
by fireworks. The cows and bullocks escaped from a field in Shields Road,
Cleadon Village, just after midnight. It's believed the animals were scared by
fireworks and burst through a wall. 5.11.2010
Source:
"Bonfire fright for 130 escaped
cows", 6.11.2010, http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette.com/latest-news/Bonfire-fright-for-130-escaped.6615414.jp
"Fireworks
blast man in chest", 7.11.2010, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/11/07/fireworks-blast-man-in-chest-115875-22698383/
South
Wales. A father-of-three has lost his right eye after a firework exploded in his
face. Experienced firework technician Dave Watts (53) was helping with the
display when one of the fireworks unexpectedly went off. Mr Watts, who already
has limited vision in his left eye has been told his badly-damaged right eye
will have to be removed. 5.11.2010
Source:
"Father loses his eye in firework explosion", 9.11.2010, http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Father-loses-eye-firework-explosion/article-2852302-detail/article.html
Swindon, Wiltshire. Arsonists started two fires in the
Sedgebrook area of Liden by putting fireworks through letterboxes. 5.11.2010
Source: "Fireworks pushed through
letterboxes",
9.11.2010, http://www.brighouseecho.co.uk/news/fireworks_pushed_through_letterboxes_1_2742264
Withington. A woman was rushed to hospital for surgery
after yobs hurled a firework into a packed house party on Kingslea Road. The
20-year-old grabbed the device from the hallway and frantically tried to throw
it back outside, but it blew up in her hand. The explosion set fire to her hair,
showered her legs with burning chemicals, and left her thumb hanging off. Her
boyfriend also suffered a hand injury while trying to protect her. 5.11.2010
Source: "Firework attack victim 'had thumb hanging
off'", 1.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1361165_firework_attack_victim_had_thumb_hanging_off?all_comments=1
A three-year-old girl ended up with dreadful injuries
after being hit in face by a rocket during a weekend bonfire party. The rocket
smashed into the girl as it fell back to earth after exploding in the air. The
girl was at a fireworks display staged by family friends in a field at Llay ,
needed eight stitches to a gash near the bridge of her nose. There was also a
burn to her cheek. 6.11.2010
Source: "Mum's horror as falling firework hits
daughter", 11.11.2010, http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/95510/mum-s-horror-as-falling-firework-hits-daughter.aspx
Berkshire.
Power has been cut to 109 homes after fireworks were lit and thrown into an
electrical fusebox.
Source:
"Thrown fireworks cause Berkshire power cut", 6.11.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-11704297
Corsham. Fireworks were exploded in a postbox on
Dicketts Road. 6.11.2010
Source: "Fireworks blow up post boxes at Corsham and
Neston", 11.11.2010, http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/8632058.Fireworks_blow_up_post_boxes_at_Corsham_and_Neston/
Neston. Fireworks were exploded in a postbox in Elley
Green. The explosion was so big that the front door blew off across the road and
hit a wall on the other side. 6.11.2010
Source:
"Fireworks blow up post boxes at Corsham and Neston", 11.11.2010, http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/8632058.Fireworks_blow_up_post_boxes_at_Corsham_and_Neston/
"Corsham post boxes damaged with
fireworks2, 17.11.2010, http://www.corshampeople.co.uk/crime/Corsham-Post-Boxes-Damaged-Fireworks/story-10261648-detail/story.html
Tilbury. A fire engine was pelted with fireworks. The
firefighters had been called to Adelaide Road, because the thugs had put lit
fireworks through the letter boxes of two properties in the street. While two
firefighters were inspecting the properties, their fire engine was attacked with
fireworks. 6.11.2010
Source: "Yobs throw fireworks at fire
engine", 1.11.2010, http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/8487446.Yobs_throw_fireworks_at_fire_engine/
Whitley.
Power has been cut to homes since 4am after children threw fireworks into the
electrical fuse box at the Co-op. The fireworks had been thrown into an outdoor
service cupboard and the electrical fuses serving the flats above the store in
Whitley Wood Road were damaged. 6.11.2010
Source:
"Children seen after fireworks blaze cuts power in Whitley", 6.11.2010,
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2081799_children_seen_after_fireworks_blaze_cuts_power_in_whitley
Workington.
Police are hunting firework-throwing arsonists who triggered a blaze that caused
£4,000-worth of damage to a garage on the Clay Flatts industrial estate, near
Mossbay Metals.
It
is believed that offenders threw a lit firework inside the building, causing
parts of the building to catch alight, said a Cumbria police
spokeswoman. 6.11.2010
Source:
"West Cumbrian garage gutted after thrown firework starts blaze", 9.11.2010,
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/west-cumbrian-garage-gutted-after-thrown-firework-starts-blaze-1.778025?referrerPath=news
Aberyswyth. Shoppers in town centre had a narrow escape,
when a rocket-type firework was discharged, from an upstairs window, into a busy
street. Two members of the public
suffered slight injuries in the incident. One man had his hair burnt and his
jacket was damaged by the fireworks. And a second person sustained a minor
injury. 7.11.2010
Source: "Two hurt as firework set off in the
street",
10.11.2010, http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/12116/
Hyde.
A pet dog had its tail blown off in a sick attack by fireworks yobs.
Meanie,
a five-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, needed surgery on the base of his
tail for the horrific injury. Another firework was attached to Meanie's collar,
leaving him with badly singed ears. He went missing from the family home on
November 7, 2010, and was recovered three days later.
Source: "Sick firework yobs blow off dog's tail", 12.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1371197_sick_firework_yobs_blow_off_dogs_tail?all_comments=1
Shelton,
Stoke-on-Trent. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to a waste fire
next to the Bell and Bear pub in Stoke Road. When a crew arrived to extinguish
the fire they were attacked by a group of more than 20 youths who threw
fireworks, stones and bottles at them and forced them back into the fire truck.
The youths left when the fire service called for further back-up and police
assistance. 7.11.2010
Source:
"Firefighters attacked by youths in Shelton", 9.11.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-11716177
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
About 20 people, including several children, were hurt when a stray firework
crashed into a
crowd during a public display. The firework misfired and hit people in the 100-strong crowd
at an organised display at the scout hut in Grovebury Road. Those hurt suffered burns and cuts and ranged from a six-year-old to a
43-year-old woman, who suffered serious leg injuries. – The Scout Association,
which organised the display, said that a firework "deviated from its planned
path", but the main body of it was stopped from going into the crowd by a
specially placed barrier. 8.11.2010
Source:
"20 injured by stray firework at display",9.11.2010, http://www.metro.co.uk/news/846686-20-injured-by-stray-firework-at-display
"Stray firework injures 20 at Leighton Buzzard
display", 9.11.2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-11716296
Renfrew, Scotland. An investigation was under way November 9,
2010, after a fireman was injured when yobs ambushed his crew and bombarded them
with fireworks.
It is believed the gang lured the firefighters to the
scene by torching a wheelie bin before launching the mindless attack. One member
of the fire crew was hurt when a rocket exploded just feet away from him as he
was trying to extinguish the blaze shortly 9pm at the grounds of Moorpark
Primary School.
At the height of the rocket attack, the crew of Red
Watch were forced to flee and call the police. The fireman who was hurt suffered
damage to his hearing caused by a firework exploding nearby.
Source: "Yobs fire exploding rockets at fire
crew",
10.11.2010, http://www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-news/2010/11/10/yobs-fire-exploding-rockets-at-fire-crew-87085-27628950/
Blackburn. A cat 'left to die' with 'horrendous
burns' in a park could have had a firework tied to its tail.
Source: "Cat found with 'horrendous burns' in
Blackburn park", 10.11.2010, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/8626453.Cat_found_with__horrendous_burns__in_Blackburn_park/
Football yobs threw a firework at a police horse before
Manchester derby.
Source: "Derby Day: 25 arrests including yobs who
targeted police horse with firework", 11.11.2010, http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1371022_derby_day_25_arrests_including_yobs_who_targeted_police_horse_with_firework
Whitby.
Landlord and wife were in the living quarters above the
pub at the time and say the blast about 10.30 was so loud they thought it had been a gas
explosion. They rushed downstairs to find the pub full of smoke, shards of glass
everywhere and the 20 customers rushing outside. Residents as far away as Esk
Terrace, Elgin Street and Osborne Terrace also heard the bang. The couple found
in the foyer the remains of what they thought was a home-made firework which had
bounced off the walls, lifted the door off its hinges, scorched the carpet and
damaged the skirting board. Luckily no-one was hurt.
Source: "Lucky escape after firework attack on
pub",
15.11.2010, http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/lucky_escape_after_firework_attack_on_pub_1_2761688
Ceres. A mum has described how she watched in
horror as a stray firework landed in her baby's face during an organised
display. The wayward rocket burned a hole in the little 10-month-old-girl's
hat and scorched her face in two places at the event in Bow Butts. Two
other girls, aged five and six, were slightly injured in the incident.
12.11.2010
Source: "Bonfire night horror as stray firework hits
baby", 13.11.2010, http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/bonfire_night_horror_as_stray_firework_hits_baby_1_325197
Yobs threw a firework on to a busy commuter train when
it stopped to pick up passengers at Moorthorpe Station. 12.11.2010
Source: "Firework yobs attacked
trai"n, 25.11.2010, http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk/news/local/firework_yobs_attacked_train_1_2787279
Police have launched an investigation after a
firework was put through a letterbox at 4.30am on Holyrood Street. Fortunately a
fire did not start but the occupant suffered smoke inhalation. 14.11.2010
Source: "Firework put through letterbox causes damage
(Chard)",
22.11.2010, http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/LocalPages/NewsDetails.aspx?nsid=22061&t=1&lid=4
Brockholes. A big firework was set off on the boot lid
of a car smashing the rear window and causing extensive damage to the interior.
Source: "Vehicle crime in the Holme Valley, 20.11.2010,
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/express-and-chronicle/2010/11/20/vehicle-crime-in-the-holme-valley-86081-27674232/
2009
England. Restrict Fireworks - Firework Report 2009: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/restrictfireworks/ oder direkt unter http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/restrictfireworks/2009menu.htm
Aberdeen. A man (27) is charged with recklessly setting
off a lit firework in the crowd of the Aberdeen Castlegate street party at
Hogmanay (31 December 2008). A police officer and several onlookers were injured.
1.1.2009
Source:
"Arrest as firework hurts crowd", 1.1.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7807014.stm
"Hogmanay busiest night for Scottish emergency crews",
1.1.2009, http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2478664.0.Hogmanay_busiest_night_for_Scottish_emergency_crews.php
"Man bailed over Hogmanay firework", 5.1.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7811644.stm
"Man in court on Hogmanay fireworks charge", 5.1.2009, http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/1012503?UserKey=
Edinburgh. About 400 people had to be evacuated from a
nightclub because of a small fire. The blaze at Luna on Picardy Place was
started by a firework which was set off inside the building, the fire service
said. Two women were treated for slight burns at the scene. 1.1.2009
Source: "Hogmanay busiest night for
Scottish emergency crews", 1.1.2009, http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2478664.0.Hogmanay_busiest_night_for_Scottish_emergency_crews.php
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"Club blaze begun by DJ's
firework", 16.12.2009, http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Club-blaze-begun-by-DJs.5914546.jp
and |
Ipswich. A stray firework was to blame for a blaze
which destroyed a set of garden furniture at a home. Neighbours rushed to dampen
the flames in the early hours as a celebratory rocket flew off course and landed
in a couple's back garden. 1.1.2009
Source: "Stray firework sparks
garden blaze", 2.1.2009, http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED02%20Jan%202009%2014%3A48%3A17%3A967
Northampton. A man was treated for smoke inhalation at
a home in Clare Street, The Mounts after a celebratory New Year firework set
fire to a brick outhouse which was joined to the main building. 1.1.2009
Source: "New Year fireworks cause
blaze", 1.1.2009, http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/New-Year-fireworks-cause-blaze.4837593.jp
Queensgate. A giant firework, with its 4ft wooden shaft,
narrowly missed a resident and her dogs when it landed in her garden. 1.1.2009
Source: "Giant firework could have
hit woman and her dogs", 8.1.2009, http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/4023804.This_big_banger_narrowly_missed_us/
Swansea. A man posted a lit firework through the front
door of the Bonymaen Police Station. The man was caught on the station's CCTV
system. 14.1.2009
Source:
"Firework attack on police station",
16.1.2009, http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Firework-attack-police-station/article-621178-detail/article.html
"Man puts lit firework through
Bonymaen police station letterbox", 17.1.2009, http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/17/man-puts-lit-firework-through-bonymaen-police-station-letterbox-91466-22712842/
Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. A paramedic was trapped
in his ambulance by youths throwing fireworks at him while the woman he was
called out to save lay dying. The heart attack victim, a 57 year-old mum of
three, was deprived of vital medical care for ten minutes while the paramedic
waited for back-up from police.
The paramedic risked his own safety and made a break
for the house and was even hit in the back by a lit firework. - The woman died
three days later. (The attack has thrown the issue of single-manned vehicles
into the political arena. Campaigners say that the service is inadequate because
staff must wait for back up if they are attacked.) 23.1.2009
Source:
"Tragic Winnie's family call for end to solo ambulance crews", 16.3.2009, http://deadlinescotland.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/tragic-winnies-family-call-for-end-to-solo-ambulance-crews-729/
"Heart attack mother died after
yobs threw fireworks at head of paramedic trying to save her", 16.3.2009, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1162386/Heart-attack-mother-died-yobs-threw-fireworks-head-paramedic-trying-save-her.html
"Fireworks stop medic saving life", 16.3.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7945879.stm
"Paramedic attending dying woman ambushed", 16.3.2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5920747.ece
"Woman lay dying as paramedic was under attack", 16.3.2009, http://news.stv.tv/scotland/82627-woman-lay-dying-as-paramedic-was-under-attack/
Nuneaton. A man on Chesterton Drive, Galley common,
suffered burns to his hand, wrist and face from a firework. 21.2.2009
Source: "Man badly burned by
firework", 23.2.2009, http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/north-warwickshire-news/2009/02/23/man-in-firework-horror-92746-22988974/
Frome, Somerset. An explosion at Chung Ying takeaway in
Alexandra Road was narrowly avoided when a large fireworks, licensed for public
displays only, was thrown over the counter. The firework almost landed in hot
cooking oil. 4.3.2009
Source: "Disaster narrowly avoided
after yob hurls firework over takeaway counter", 12.3.2009, http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Disaster-narrowly-avoided-yob-hurls-firework-takeaway-counter/article-767167-detail/article.html
Whitby. Police are investigating an incident of
criminal damage after a firecracker was lit and placed between the inner and
outer door to a building in Argyle Road, causing damage to some Victorian tiles.
7.-8.3.2009
Source: "Firecracker damages tiles",
13.3.2009, http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Firecracker-damages-tiles.5065780.jp
Eye, North Suffolk. A lit firework was put through the
letterbox of a house; the front door was damaged. 14.3.2009
Source: "Firework put through letterbox",
16.3.2009, http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/Firework-put-through-letterbox.5076460.jp
Podsmead. A firework thrown from a moving car struck a
schoolboy at a bus stop outside Crypt School. It hit the leg of the 12-year-old
boy, burning holes in his clothes but causing no injury. 20.3.2009
Source: "Schoolboy hit by firework
thrown from car", 23.3.2009, http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/Schoolboy-hit-firework-thrown-car/article-789882-detail/article.html
Sunderland. A man, his wife and their son had to be
evacuated from their burning house in Belford Road after it was set on fire in a
firework arson attack. The man suffered minor injuries as a result of smoke
inhalation. The fire was caused when an unknown person has smashed a front
window to the property and thrown two lit fireworks into the building. 3.4.2009
Source:
"Family flee firework arson attack", 4.4.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/7983119.stm
"Family victims of firework attack", 4.4.2009, http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Family-victims-of-firework-attack.5142516.jp
"Hunt after house fire attack",
4.4.2009, http://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/northeastcumbria/ca8d329772ec8d2212be91ddb2d5d1b9/Hunt+after+house+fire+attack.aspx
Oxford. Arsonists posted a firework through a letterbox
in a house in Crescent Road, Cowley. 9.5.2009
Source: "Smoke alarm vital after firework arson", 11.5.2009, http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4360084.Smoke_alarm_vital_after_firework_arson/
Basildon.
A blaze was started after a firework was thrown through the letterbox of the
door of a home in Sandon Close around 2 a.m. 20.7.2009
Source:
"Firework
sparks blaze in Basildon home", 20.7.2009, http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/4501313.firework_sparks_blaze_in_Basildon_home/
"Family
escape blaze after firework put through letterbox", 21.7.2009, http://www.basildonrecorder.co.uk/news/echo/4502850.Family_escape_blaze_after_firework_put_through_letterbox/
Bradford.
Arson attacks with fireworks triggered a car explosion and a blast at a
hairdressing salon in Idle Road. The blast blew out the shop's large windows and
shattered glass inside. 3.8.2009
Source:
"Firework arsonists cause explosions in hair salon and car", 5.8.2009,
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Firework-arsonists-cause-explosions-in.5523691.jp
Exmouth. A parking meter on Queens Drive was damaged by
a firework being placed into the machine. 23.8.2009
Source: "Firework placed into
Exmouth parking meter", 25.8.2009, http://www.exmouthherald.co.uk/exmouthherald/news/story.aspx?brand=EXJOnline&category=news&tBrand=devon24&tCategory=newsexh&itemid=DEED25%20Aug%202009%2016%3A05%3A12%3A277
Luton. Riot police broke up a mob of 200 Asian
youngsters after they threw fireworks at officers in Bury Park where a
right-wing march was banned. 30.8.2009
Source:
"Riot police called in as Asian
youths throw fireworks at officers", 30.8.2009, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6115614/Riot-police-called-in-as-Asian-youths-throw-fireworks-at-officers.html
"Fireworks mob broken up by police", 31.8.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/8229973.stm
"200 Asian youths throw
firecrackers at British police", 31.8.2009, http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/200-asian-youths-throw-firecrackers-at-british-police_100240631.html
Edinburgh. Spectators at this year's Festival Fireworks
Concert were hit in the eyes by falling embers as they watched the annual
display in Princes Street Gardens. At least six people sought first-aid
treatment. 6.9.2009
Source:
"9am Briefing: Industrial estate
explosion 'suspicios'", 7.9.2009, http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/9am-Briefing-Industrial-estate-explosion.5622915.jp
"Take cover! Festival fans are
bombarded by fireworks debris", 8.9.2009, http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Take-cover-Festival--fans.5625386.jp
Highfields. Worshippers watched in horror as a lit
firework was posted through a letterbox during a Hindu celebration at the Shree
UKRK Seva Sarnaj Hall, burning a woman's dress. Dozens of people had gathered to
mark the first night of the festival of Navratri. As the evening drew to a close,
the firework was pushed through a letterbox before it shot across the hall. The
sparks given off by the missile caught in the fabric off a woman (55). 9.9.2009
Source: "Firework attack mars
Navrati celebrations", 23.9.2009, http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Firework-attack-mars-Navratri-celebrations/article-1360569-detail/article.html
Werneth. Youths put a firework through the letterbox of
a flat at Wellfold House, Glodwick Road. The firework caused extensive smoke
damage. 22.9.2009
Source: "Fireworks warning",
13.10.2009, http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1168153_fireworks_warning
Box Hill. A popular Mole Valley tourist spot was under
threat of destruction after two stray fireworks from a nearby display started
fires. 2.10.2009
Source: "Stray fireworks cause
blaze on popular landmark", 5.10.2009, http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Stray-fireworks-cause-blaze-popular-landmark/article-1392601-detail/article.html
Kidderminster. Youths chucked a firework into a bush
near a house on Tennyson Way, on the Offmore Farm Estate. The firework did not
go off but ended up embedded in woodchips under the bush, still lit.
Firefighters had to dig out the firework before making it safe. 2.10.2009
Source: "Firework hazard on
Kidderminster estate", 3.10.2009, http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/4663038.Firework_hazard_on_Kidderminster_estate/
Brierley Hill. A couple fled after a firework and a
brick were thrown through a window as they watched TV. It started a fire in the
kitchen at their terraced home in Church Street. 7.10.2009
Source: "Pair escape firework
attack", 8.10.2009, http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/10/08/pair-escape-firework-attack/
Britwell. Stray fireworks set fire to a garage in
Gascon's Grove containing a gas cylinder, just before 8pm. 17.10.2009
Source: "Garage fires caused by
stray fireworks", 18.10.2009, http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-13312-garage-fires-caused-by-stray-fireworks/
Cippenham. A firework had hit a tree and set fire to
some rubbish in a narrow alleyway and then spread. Two sheds and a garage at the
rear of some houses in Bath Road caught fire. 17.10.2009
Source: "Garage fires caused by
stray fireworks", 18.10.2009, http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-13312-garage-fires-caused-by-stray-fireworks/
Ilford. A stray firework landed on a conservatory at a
house in Eastwood Road, Seven Kings, sparkig a blaze which quickly spread to the
roof of the house and a neighbouring empty property. 17.10.2009
Source: "Stray firework sparks blaze",
19.10.2009, http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/content/redbridge/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsIlford&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsilford&itemid=WeED19%20Oct%202009%2009%3A32%3A36%3A623
Gronant, near Prestatyn. Children playing with
fireworks sparked a major alert at the Presthaven Sands Park. More than 200
square metres of duneland, close to an unique nesting site for rare birds, were
set ablaze by the firework. 18.10.2009
Source: "Major blaze at Gronant
sand dunes caused by children playing with fireworks", 20.10.2009, http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/10/20/major-blaze-at-gronant-sand-dunes-caused-by-children-playing-with-fireworks-55578-24968227/
Norbury. A group of teenagers
allegedly set a family home on fire after launching a rocket through a bedroom
window. The firework caused over £25,000 worth of damage. 25.10.2009
Source: "Firework through window sets Croydon teen's bedroom on fire", 5.11.2009, http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4718622.Firework_through_window_sets_teen_s_bedroom_on_fire/
Prestwich. A boy (11) was playing with a friend in
Cuckoo Lane when
a boy in a group of youths threw two fireworks at him.
The first one missed as the boy ducked, but the second missile struck him in the
eye. He was taken to hospital but doctors
fear he could have torn the retina
in of his left eye – which could result in him losing some of his sight. His
face may also be left permanently scarred.
Source:
"Yobs launch firework in face of schoolboy", 19.10.2009, http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1177873_yobs_launch_firework_in_face_of_schoolboy&ct=ga&cd=AO9jdy_MzQQ&usg=AFQjCNGqM9wlH1c7MLPiivwL7ifL3GM9fg
"Firework hurled at 11-year-old in the
street",
23.10.2009, http://www.prestwichandwhitefieldguide.co.uk/news/latest/4699151.Firework_hurled_at_11_year_old_in_the_street/
Sneaton. Yobs threw lit firework into the porch of
Sneaton's Wilson Arms. More than £1,000 of damage has been caused to the
porch's walls and carpets. Fortunately after the initial explosion the
firework fizzled out. 22.10.2009
Source: "Yobs throw lit firework into
pub", 27.10.2009, http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Yobs-throw-lit-firework-into.5766414.jp
Halstead. A lit firework was shoved through the
letterbox of a house in Earls Colne while a couple slept. The firework burned
the couple's curtain across the door and their landlords hallway carpet.
Damage: about £400.
Source: ^"Lit firework shoved through
letterbox",
23.10.2009, http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/4695794.Lit_firework_shoved_through_letterbox/
Essex. A 13-year-old girl was with friends in
Bishop's Hall Park, Pilgrim's Hatch, when she was hit by a firework which
had been lit 40-60 yards away. She's having treatment for a broken foot and
severe burns.
Source: "Girl hit by firework in
park", 27.10.2009, http://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/anglia/347411b204522b95d2b7af21c54b0c58/Girl+hit+by+firework+in+park.aspx
Highercroft. Yobs targeted a vulnerable family
by posting a firework through their letterbox in Formby Close. Fire chiefs
confirmed an 'air bomb repeater' firework had been pushed through the front
door. 27.10.2009
Source: "Firework terror for Blackburn
family",
28.10.2009, http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/blackburndarwenhyndburnribble/4707660.Firework_terror_for_Blackburn_family/
Manchester. A girl (16) suffered burns to her face and
hands after a firework exploded. The teenager was with a group of friends on
Trongate Walk, Harpurhey, when the accident happened. 28.10.2009
Source: "Girl injured by firework explosion", 29.10.2009, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1179693_girl_injured_by_firework_explosion
A cat had a firework strapped
to her back and set alight in a sickening attack. The terrified cat suffered
horrific burns and had to be put down. She was in agony for up to a week before
she was discovered near Dalduff Farm Shop at Crosshill, near Maybole, Ayrshire
on October 29, 2009.
Source:
"Firework thugs tie rocket to
cat", 2.11.2009, http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2711082/Cat-dies-after-having-a-firework-strapped-to-its-back-and-lit.html
"Firework link in cat death horror", 2.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8338430.stm
"Terrified cat discovered in
Crosshill after sickening firework attack", 6.11.2009, http://www.ayrshirepost.net/ayrshire-news/local-news-ayrshire/ayr-news/2009/11/06/terrified-cat-discovered-in-crosshill-after-sickening-firework-attack-102545-25085027/
Bootle. A mum (18) and her six
month old baby were rescued from a house fire after a rocket was fired through
their letterbox on Ash Street on Mischief Night. The rocket exploded in the hall
setting fire to the stairs, carpet and wallpaper. The mum and her baby were
trapped upstairs. 30.10.2009
Source: "Single teenager mum
rescued from home with baby after firework attack on her Bootle home", 5.11.2009,
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/icbootle/news/tm_headline=single-teenager-mum-rescued-from-home-with-baby-after-firework-attack-on-her-bootle-home&method=full&objectid=25094124&siteid=60252-name_page.html
Devonport. A shopper suffered
an asthma attack after a lit firework was tossed by youth into a store on Duke
Street. Some stock also caught alight. 30.10.2009
Source: "Youths
throw lit firework in shop", 18.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8366462.stm
Wonford, Exeter in Devon. A
firework rocket has been fired through the window of a family's home.
30.10.2009
Source: "Rocket fired through
house window", 4.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8342040.stm
Cheshunt. Firework
hurling yobs caused a blaze at a barn. The arson engulfed the outbuilding in
Broadfield Farm, Barrow Lane. - A spokesman for Herts Police said: "We are
treating this as arson and we believe it was caused by someone throwing a
firework." 31.10.2009
Source: "Firework yobs cause
Cheshunt barn blaze", 3.11.2009, http://www.herald24.co.uk/content/herald/news/story.aspx?brand=EHHOnline&category=NewsEastHerts&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestEHH&itemid=WEED03%20Nov%202009%2010%3A25%3A43%3A513
Hamilton. A man (36)
suffered burns after being blasted in the face with a firework on Bonfire Night.
31.10.2009
Source: "Firework hits man in
face at Hamilton Bonfire", 12.11.2009, http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-news/2009/11/12/firework-hits-man-in-face-at-hamilton-bonfire-51525-25146590/
A firework was smashed through
a couple's living room window in Pewsham, Chippenham. 31.10.2009
Source: "Pewsey couple living
in fear after terror attack", 12.11.2009, http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/4735956.Pewsey_couple_living_in_fear_after_terror_attack/
A football hooligan who lit a
firework during a Burton Albion match has been banned for three years by town
magistrates from all football grounds at home and abroad. The 48-year-old was
also fined £100 and ordered to pay a further £100 in costs. The man was
arrested after he was spotted lighting a firework at the Pirelli Stadium in
Burton-upon-Trent on October 31, 2009, during a League Two match between Burton
Albion and Bury FC. He appeared before Burton Magistrates' Court on December 4,
2009, when he admitted possessing and lighting a firework during the game.
Source: "Three-year
ban for Pirelli Stadium firework yob", 5.12.2009, http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail/displayarticle.asp?id=469122
A series of post boxes across
west Wiltshire towns have been blown up by vandals using fireworks. 12 boxes
were damaged between Hallowe'en and November 1, 2009 in Melksham and
Trowbridge.
Source: "Post boxes blown up in
damage spre across west Wilthshire", 4.11.2009, http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/4718754.Post_boxes_blown_up_in_damage_spree_across_west_Wiltshire/
Plymouth. A phone box was
badly damaged when fireworks were set off inside. 3.11.2009
Source: "Rocket fired through
house window", 4.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8342040.stm
Aberdeen, Scotland. Firefighters had fireworks thrown at them as they attempted to extinguish an illegal fire in the Balnagask area.
Source:
"Fire crews attacked
with fireworks", 6.11.2009, http://news.stv.tv/scotland/north/135369-fire-crews-attacked-with-fireworks/
"Fireworks set off at
Aberdeen petrol station in Bonfire Night attack", 6.11.2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6906186.ece
Aberdeen, Scotland. Grampian
Police were called to the filling station in the Bridge of Don after reports of
a gang fight that culminated in about 20 youths hurling fireworks at cars in the
forecourt. Officers reported that some of the missiles had strayed close to the
pumps, forcing the closure of the station. 5.11.2009
Source:
"Fireworks set off at
Aberdeen petrol station in Bonfire Night attack", 6.11.2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6906186.ece
"Fire crews attacked
with fireworks", 6.11.2009, http://news.stv.tv/scotland/north/135369-fire-crews-attacked-with-fireworks/
Bodmin, Cornwall. Police have
opened a murder inquiry into the death of a mother of nine in a house fire that
started when a firework was pushed through the
letterbox of her home in Wallace Road around 7.15pm on November 5, 2009.
Mary Fox (59) died after
helping her son (17) jump through a first floor window to save him as flames
engulfed their small townhouse. But she became trapped and by the time
firefighters arrived the house was gutted and she was dead. Neighbours said, her
son was being targeted by bullies.
On November 7, 2009, Devon and
Cornwall Police said the remnants of a firework were found behind the front door
of Mrs Fox's house and it had been pushed through the letterbox. - Three teenager have been
arrested in connection with the death of Mrs Fox and November 12, 2009, Ryan
Croft (18), Samual Luckes (17) and Owen Hewitt (17) appeared before Bodmin
Magistrates' Court and have been charged with manslaughter over the death of
Mary Fox.
Source:
"Mother dies trying to save
bullied son from blaze after firework is pushed through letterbox", 6.11.2009,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225776/Mother-dies-trying-save-bullied-son-blaze-firework-pushed-letterbox.html
"Firework bullies kill brave
mum", 6.11.2009, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2718424/Firework-bullies-kill-brave-mum.html
"Firework link to fatal fire
probed", 6.11.2009, http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2009/11/06/firework-link-to-fatal-fire-probed-84229-25110645/
"'Firework' probe following death", 7.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8347953.stm
"Cornwall firework blaze:
police treating death of mother-of-five as murder", 7.11.2009, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6520092/Cornwall-firework-blaze-police-treating-death-of-mother-of-five-as-murder.html
"Bodmin house fire is now murder inquiry", 7.11.2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6907692.ece
"Firework victim
'devoted' mother", 7.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8348325.stm
"Youths hunted over woman's firework murder", 8.11.2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6908083.ece
"In Brief: Murder hunt launched
after firework through letterbox led to blaze death", 8.11.2009, http://www.independent.ie/world-news/in-brief-murder-hunt-launched-after-firework-through-letterbox-led-to-blaze-death-1937249.html
"Three arrested over fatal
house fire in Cornwall", 9.11.2009, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/09/three-arrested-house-fire-cornwall
"Teens held over firework death fire", 9.11.2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gJjLcB_ilY8llqaxLjm0Kg2NcLWA
"Teens in court over fireworks
death", 12.11.2009, http://www.4rfv.co.uk/nationalnews.asp?id=102625
|
"Teen thug's firework killed mum", 13.2.2010, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/02/13/teen-thug-s-firework-killed-mum-115875-22039535/ and "Teenager admits fireworks death", 13.2.2010, http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/Teenager-admits-firework-manslaughter-charge/article-1832166-detail/article.html: A teenager has admitted killing Mary Fox (59) in an arson attack on her home in Wallace Road, Bodmin, on November 5, 2009. February 12, 2010, Ryan Croft (18), of Wallace Road, Bodmin, admitted manslaughter and arson at Truro Crown Court. Simon Luckes (17) and Owen Hewitt (18) pleaded not guilty. Luckes and Hewitt are due to face trial in May. All three defendants were remanded in custody. |
Carlisle. Youths pelted
firefighters with lit fireworks and hard boiled eggs as they answered emergency
calls. The same crew of four firefighters was attacked in two separate incidents
on bonfire night in Edgehill Road, Harraby, and Melbourne Park, Botcherby.
5.11.2009
Source: "Bonfire yobs attack
Carlisle Fire Crews on call-out", 7.11.2009, http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/bonfire_yobs_attack_carlisle_fire_crews_on_call_out_1_633628?referrerPath=home
Colwyn Bay, Wales. A
firefighter suffered serious burns when a high powered firework went off
prematurely – but his face was saved by his protective helmet. The fireman was
performing safety checks at the Colwyn Bay bonfire display when the firework
went off, smashing into his helmet which was broken by the impact. 5.11.2009
Source: "Helmet saves fireman
as firework blows up in his face at Colwyn Bay", 7.11.2009, http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/11/07/helmet-saves-fireman-as-firework-blows-up-in-his-face-at-colwyn-bay-55578-25111040/
Dunfermline, Scotland. A yob threw a firework at a fire engine. 5.11.2009
Source: "Yob threw firework at
fire engine", 9.11.2009, http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/11/09/393829-yob-threw-firework-at-fire-engine/
Glasgow, Scotland. A man was
treated for smoke inhalation after a firework flew through an open window in a
block of high-rise flats at Whiteinch. - Strathclyde Fire and Rescue believe the
rocket was fired by a child from the ground 90ft below. 5.11.2009
Source:
"Man treated in hospital after
firework flies in through flat window", 6.11.2009, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/11/06/man-treated-in-hospital-after-firework-flies-in-through-flat-window-86908-21801983/
"Firework shoots into flat
window", 6.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8345849.stm
Greenock, Scotland. November
5, 2009, the former Cartsdyke Prish Church, in John Street, was gutted by a
massive inferno. - November 9, 2009, police said it was possible a stray
firework had hit the building and started the fire.
Source: "Police probe blaze at
church", 9.11.2009, http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/greenock/articles/2009/11/09/393822-police-probe-blaze-at-church/
Keighley. A garage in Earl
Street was set alight by a stray firework. 5.11.2009
Source: "Firework causes garage
blaze", 6.11.2009, http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/4724602.Firework_causes_garage_blaze/
Kids posted fireworks through
letter boxes at houses at Stonegarth in Morton, Monks Close Road, off Wigton
Road and South Street, off London Road. Nobody was hurt but there was smoke in
the houses and burns to the doorway and hallway. 5.11.2009
Source: "Teenage yobs attack
Carlisle Fire Crew dealing with blaze", 6.11.2009, http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/teenage_yobs_attack_carlisle_fire_crew_dealing_with_blaze_1_633523?referrerPath=home
Port Glasgow, Scotland. Fire
crew came under attack: An appliance attending a bonfire in the Berwick Road
area had to withraw after being targeted by youths with fireworks on Guy Fawkes
Night. 5.11.2009
Source: "Fire crews attacked by
gangs", 6.11.2009, http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/greenock/articles/2009/11/06/393789-fire-crews-attacked-by-gangs/
Scotland. A Moffat family
returned home from a bonfire night treat watching The Proclaimers in Dumfries to
find someone had put a lit firework through their letterbox. The house at
Annanside sustained damage to skirting boards in the hallway and a scorched
carpet. 5.11.2009
Source:
"Annan family return to
firework attack on home", 11.11.2009, http://www.dgstandard.co.uk/dumfries-news/local-news-dumfries/local-news-dumfriesshire/2009/11/11/annan-family-return-to-firework-attack-on-home-51311-25135967/
"Fireworks set off at
Aberdeen petrol station in Bonfire Night attack", 6.11.2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6906186.ece
A group of friends had been
letting off fireworks, just beyond the car park at White Rock near Rozel. The
blaze, caused by a stray rocket, destroyed about 600 sq m of gorse land on the
headland. 5.11.2009
Source: "Firework causes island gorse fire", 6.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/jersey/8346147.stm
Ashington. At 12.40 am,
fireworks were ignited and shoved into a detached garage in Ariel Street,
setting fire to a large pile of rubbish that had been stored inside. Smoke from
the blaze flooded the house and the five residents were taken to hospital as a
precaution and treated for smoke inhalation. 6.11.2009
Source:
" Firework attacks on
homes along Ariel Street in Ashington", 7.11.2009, http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/11/07/firework-attacks-on-homes-along-ariel-street-in-ashington-61634-25111091/
" Firework attacks on
homes along Ariel Street in Ashington", 7.11.2009, http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/11/07/firework-attacks-on-homes-along-ariel-street-in-ashington-61634-25111091/
Dartford. A pony had to
be put down on November 6, 2009, after he panicked and crashed into a lamppost
during fireworks.
Source: "U.K. Pony euthanized
after fireworks injury", 9.11.2009, http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=15242
New Malden. The
plastic roof of the shed in Stafford Road caught fire after being hit by a
misdirected firework. 6.11.2009
Source: "Kingston firework sets
shed roof ablaze on 'quiet' weekend for firefighters", 9.11.2009, http://www.kingstonguardian.co.uk/news/4727596.Firework_sets_shed_roof_ablaze_on__quiet__weekend_for_firefighters/
Tottenham. People put
fireworks through residents' letterboxes in prank attacks in Langham Road and
Stirling Road. 7.11.2009
Source: "Firework arson attack
sets curtains alight", 12.11.2009, http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=TWGJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newstwgj&itemid=WeED11%20Nov%202009%2016%3A42%3A27%3A270
A stray firework destroyed
more than 20 tonnes of hay in a field off Highfield Lane, Tyttenhanger (outside
St Albans).
7.11.2009
Source: "Hay blaze started by
firework in St Albans", 9.11.2009, http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4727634.Hay_blaze_started_by_firework_in_St_Albans/
Surbiton. Yobs had thrown a
lit firework through a 86-year-old grandmother's bedroom window at Ashby
House, in South Bank at about 1.20am. 7.11.2009
Source: "Firework attack brought back memories of Blitz", 11.11.2009, http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk/west-london-news/2009/11/11/firework-attack-brought-back-memories-of-blitz-109642-25148086/&ct=ga&cd=IeDkaiJjUNM&usg=AFQjCNFpW-sMqYRlYuBwE9Of9Rn9x6nvYw
Winsford. A firework
was thrown through the window of a house in Arkwright Road and caused limited
damage. 7.11.2009
Source: "Firework thrown
through house window", 10.11.2009, http://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/4730839.Firework_thrown_through_house_window/
Bedfordshire. Firework type
devices, which look like a bundle of sparklers taped together, were found
November 7, 2009, in post boxes Colmworth, Wilden and Keysoe with a fourth found
in Leven Walk on November 8, 2009. All of them had been lit and some post had
been destroyed.
Source: "Fireworks used to damage post boxes", 13.11.2009, http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=463492
Hamilton. A fire erupts on the
front porch of a house at MacNab St. at 9 a.m. Police determine the blaze was
caused by fireworks that the occupants had set off at 6 a.m. – A male resident
(20) is charged with two counts of arson and two counts of mischief endangering
life. 8.11.2009
Source: "Police Blotter Nov. 4
to 13", 13.11.2009, http://www.thespec.com/News/article/672325
Tottenham. Police are hunting
arsonists who dropped a lit firework into a house in Crowland Road, South
Tottenham, setting light to curtains. 8.11.2009
Source: "Firework arson attack
sets curtains alight", 12.11.2009, http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=TWGJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newstwgj&itemid=WeED11%20Nov%202009%2016%3A42%3A27%3A270
St. Boswells, Scotland. A youth
(17) has appeared in court accused of starting a blaze which caused damage of £20,000
to a house after a firework was pushed through its letterbox. He has been
charged with culpable and reckless fire-raising after the incident at Weirgate
Brae in St Boswells on November 11, 2009.
Source:
"Man in court over firework blaze", 12.11.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/8357372.stm
"Town left shocked after arson attack", 12.11.2009, http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/11/12/394048-town-left-shocked-after-arson-attack/
Hamilton. Dozens of people had
gathered at St Giles park for a fireworks display on Guy Fawkes Night. A man was
standing on the edge of his front garden watching the display when the firework
came hurling towards him and struck him on the eye. It’s understood that the
firework had not been lit properly, toppled over and failed to fire its contents
safely upward, leading to the nasty incident.
Source: "Hamilton
man nearly blinded by firework", 19.11.2009, http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-news/2009/11/19/hamilton-man-nearly-blinded-by-firework-51525-25198246/
London
Borough of Camden. The London Lesbian Kickabouts
were training in their town of Camden when local youths began throwing fireworks
onto their pitch earlier this month. … A similar firework attack left
a player badly burned two years ago.
Source: "Lesbian
team attacked by fireworks", 27.11.2009, http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=2057
Whitby. It is believed some
youths broke the window of a car parked in a lay-by at Egton and threw a
firework into it. The fire brigade had to come. 7.12.2009
Source: "Firework lit in parked car", 11.12.2009, http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Firework-lit-in-parked-car.5901852.jp
Durley. A phone box's door was
blown off its hinges after vandals left a bomb in it. Police believe fireworks
could have been responsible for the blast in Parsonage Lane, which caused
extensive damage to the communications facility. 15.12.2009
Source: "Durley facility is extensively damaged in blast", 18.12.2009, http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/4804704.Vandals_blow_up_phone_box/
Langley Green. Fire crews were
called to Rushetts Road after reports a firework had been pushed through the
front door of a house. 29.12.2009
Source: "Firework attack on house, 30.12.2009, http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/Firework-attack-on-house.5945589.jp
2008
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Edmonton. Firefighters pulled an unconscious child from
a blazing home with moments to spare after a firework set fire to the building.
A sleeping three-year-old boy was in an upstairs
bedroom when a rocket crashed in through a kitchen window, just after midnight
on new Year's Eve, at the premises in Clarendon Road. It was set off by family
celebrating in the back garden. Flames quickly took hold. 1.1.2008
Source: "Boy saved after firework sets home on fire", 10.1.2008, http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=TWGJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newstwgj&itemid=WeED09%20Jan%202008%2012%3A53%3A39%3A523
Hartford. A man (49) was alerted early in the morning
by the sound of the letterbox opening and went to investigate. He saw a lit
firework which was just exploding and a curtain on fire. He managed to
extinguish the fire before it took hold. The family were left extremely shocked
and shaken by the attack. 1.1.2008
Source: "Alert dad stops fire in its tracks", 10.1.2008, http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/display.var.1950638.0.alert_dad_stops_fire_in_its_tracks.php
Navestock. Firefighters have spent three hours tackling
a blaze which broke out in a farm barn in Bounce Hill, Mill Lane. A fire
spokesman said that at one point crews were withdrawn because of the potential
danger of propane cylinders, diesel and fireworks in the barn. 24.1.2008
Source: "Navestock: Crews face firework hazard as barn blaze tackled", 24.1.2008, http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1990286.0.navestock_crews_face_firework_hazard_as_barn_blaze_tackled.php
Foleshill, Coventry. Two
elderly women were rescued from a first-floor maisonette after a firework was
put through the letterbox. 15.3.2008
Source: "Two women rescued after Foleshill firework drama", 18.3.2008, http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=two-women-rescued-after-foleshill-firework-drama&method=full&objectid=20639979&siteid=92746-name_page.html
Draycott. A firework was
thrown into public toilets in the Victoria Road.
10.4.2008
Source: "Toilets hit by firework", 10.4.2008, http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=124378&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeId1=124522&contentPK=20341282
Firefighters were called to Cradley High school after a
blaze broke out in classroom
shortly after midnight. It is thought it began after a firework was pushed
through a door, setting fire to a cabinet. 29.4.2008
Source: "Blaze at school",
29.4.2008, http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/display.var.2232509.0.blaze_at_school.php
Northampton. Police are
hunting an arsonists who pushed a lit firework through a letterbox in Exeter
Place.
Source: "Lit firework pushed through letterbox", 22.7.2008, http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Lit-firework-pushed-through-letterbox.4310586.jp
Withington.
An explosion which destroyed a porch at a house on Parrs Wood Road was caused by
a rocket firework.
Source: "House 'bomb' was a firework", 1.9.2008, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1064952_house_bomb_was_a_firework
Lanehead.
Fire crews were called to a house in Ribble Avenue where a lit fireworks had
been posted through the letterbox. But as they arrived a gang of thugs targeted
them with a barrage of missiles and abuse. The firework had caused smoke damage
to the hallway of the house, where a mum and three children had been sleeping.
26.9.2008
Source:
"Fire crews attacked by Lanehead yobs", 30.9.2008, http://www.burnleyexpress.net/burnleynews/Fire-crews-attacked-by-Lanehead.4540752.jp
Northampton.
A man had to kick a burning firework out of his home in Arnold Road. The
firework had been put through the letterbox. 11.10.2008
Source:
"Lit firework pushed through house letterbox", 16.10.2008, http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Lit-firework-pushed-through-house.4598311.jp
Sunderland.
Ross Hunter (21) collapsed and died seconds after chasing yobs who hurled a
firework at his first floor bedroom window in his home in Hylton Road.
14.10.2008
Source:
"Man drops dead in bid to catch firework yob. Bang leads to tragedy outside house", 17.10.2008, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/10/17/ross-21-drops-dead-chasing-firework-yob-115875-20812042/
"Man, 21, died after firework yobs chase", 16.10.2008, http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Man-21-died-after-firework.4597548.jp
Bradshaw.
One of the firework display's organisers (46), who was lighting a firework,
suffered multiple injuries, including burns to his face, after a firework
exploded in his face at a firework show at Bradshaw Cricket Club in The Rigbys
off Bradshaw Brow. 18.10.2008
Source:
"Man hurt at firework display", 19.10.2008, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/boltonnews/3771129.Man_hurt_at_firework_display/
"Firework blast horror", 20.10.2008, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/boltonnews/3771994.Firework_blast_horror/
Hove.
Arsonists started a fire in a house by throwing a firework through an open
window in Silverdale Avenue. 18.10.2008
Source: "Firework starts house fire", 18.10.2008, http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3770472.Firework_starts_house_fire/
Lakenham.
A firework was shoved through the letterbox of a home in Birbeck Road.
18.10.2008
Source:
"Firework through letterbox sparks probe", 18.10.2008, http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED18%20Oct%202008%2010%3A47%3A47%3A800
Selsey.
A woman suffered burns to her lip and another could have been left with
permanent eye damage as red-hot pieces of debris showered the crowd at Selsey
fireworks display. Some other people were injured too.
Source:
"Crowd horror at Selsey firework display", 23.10.2008, http://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/448/Crowd-horror-at-Selsey-firework.4618504.jp
Axbridge.
Youth have been letting off fireworks near homes and a church,
causing concern for residents. 20.10.2008
Source:
"Gangs cause firework chaos", 23.10.2008, http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=newsSomerset&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED23%20Oct%202008%2009%3A14%3A56%3A363
Manchester.
A boy threw a powerful firework into a chip shop, forcing the owners to flee. The youth burst into Silverdale Chippy, in Openshaw, and hurled the
explosive on to the floor before
running off. No customers were inside but the owner said explosions lasted for
about 15 minutes. The walls and floor were severely scorched. - Fire chiefs said
the owners could have been killed. 21.10.2008
Source:
"Firework boy attacks chippy", 24.10.2008, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1075557_firework_boy_attacks_chippy
Northampton.
A two-year-old Irish wolfhound collided in Parkfield Avenue with a car after
being frightened when a loud firework was set off nearby while out for walk with
his owner. He was checked by a vet and suffered no injuries. It was late
afternoon and not even dark, so the fireworks were completely unexpected. –
The incident highlights the dangers of fireworks to family pets. 21.10.2008
Source:
"Runaway dog hits car after fireworks scare", 1.11.2008, http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Runaway-dog-hits-car-after.4651109.jp
Bransholme
(north-eastern side of Kingston upon Hull). A boy (14) was walking along an underpass in Davidstow
Close when one of a group of youths threw a firework at him, which
exploded in his face. The
boy has been left semi-blind in his left eye after losing part of his iris in
the attack. 23.10.2008
Source:
"Firework thrown in boy's face, 28.10.2008, http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/latest-york-and-humberside-news/Firework-thrown-in-boy39s-face.4637081.jp
"Mother's
plea over firework attack on son", 29.10.2008, http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Mother-s-plea-firework-attack-son/article-434122-detail/article.html
Gleadless,
Sheffield. A firework is believed to have been responsible for a fire in
a rubbish chute at a block of flats on Jaunty Avenue. Firefighters believe the
firework had been deliberately set off. 24.10.2008
Source:
"Rubbish fire 'by firework'", 25.10.2008, http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Rubbish-fire-39by-firework39.4627918.jp
Hounslow.
A lit firework was shoved through the letter box at a property. 24.10.2008
Source:
"Rockets shoved through Hounslow letterboxes", 29.10.2008, http://www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk/west-london-news/local-hounslow-news/2008/10/29/rockets-shoved-through-hounslow-letterboxes-109642-22147026/
Fireworks and missiles were thrown at police officers as clashes between rival
fans marred the Wear-Tyne derby.
Source: "Fireworks thrown at police as rival fans clash", 25.10.2008, http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Fireworks-thrown-at-police-as.4630484.jp
Parkeston.
Police are seeking a group of youths who threw fireworks at an oil refinery.
Harwich officers were alterted when the culprits were spotted near the Petrochem
Carless oil refinery. 25.10.2008
Source:
"Tendring: firework worries already for police", 29.10.2008, http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3799701.Tendring__firework_worries_already_for_police/
Sunderland.
During the violent clash between the rival football fans at Sunderland's
Stadium of Light a firecracker thrown by a Sunderland fan hit a mounted officer
on the helmet – which protected her – and it then fell on the horse.
25.10.2008
Source:
"Fans throw fireworks in violent derby clashes", 26.10.2008, http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/latest-north-east-news/Fans-throw-fireworks-in-violent.4630594.jp
"Police horse survives being hit by firework during violent football clash", 28.10.2008, http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/270929.html
Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire. A pregnant mum (29) and her daughters (6 and 5) were
left terrified when a lit firework was pushed through their letterbox in
Swinburne Road. The firework was caught in the letterbox, sprayed sparks into
the hallway for several minutes and left the letterbox and the door damaged.
25.10.2008
Source:
"Firework pushed through door of Wellingborough home", 27.10.2008, http://www.northantset.co.uk/wellingborough/Firework-pushed-through-door-of.4632053.jp
"Family in Wellingborough firework terror", 28.10.2008, http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Family-in-Wellingborough-firework-terror.4634721.jp
"Firework pushed through Wellingborough
letterbox", 8.11.2008, http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Firework-pushed-through-Wellingborough-letterbox.4674737.jp
Orbiston
Kennels in Bellshill in North Lanarkshire. A dog (9) is believed to have
suffered a heart attack after being hit by a firework, thrown by a gang of
youths, at Orbiston Kennels. - Kennels manager revealed that the kennels had been
attacked by teenage gangs on a number of occasions over the past few months and
on this day, there was about 15 fireworks thrown at the kennels over a
three-hour period. The kennels house up to 40 dogs at a time. 26.10.2008
Source:
"Dog dies after fireworks attack", 28.10.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7695365.stm
Salford.
A boy was seriously injured when a powerful firework thrown over a wall exploded
next to him. The ten-year-old took the brunt of the blast from the 'onion
bomb' rocket in his chest. He also suffered burns to his hand and face.
Source:
"Boy, 10, in firework horror", 26.10.2008, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1075969_boy_10_in_firework_horror
Chiswick.
At around 6.30 p.m., a lit firework was shoved through the letter box at a
property. 27.10.2008
Source:
"Rockets shoved through Hounslow letterboxes", 29.10.2008, http://www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk/west-london-news/local-hounslow-news/2008/10/29/rockets-shoved-through-hounslow-letterboxes-109642-22147026/
A
teenager (17) had to jump out of a first floor window of his home on Barent
Walk, Bestwood Estate, to escape after a firework was put through his cat-flap
and set fire to the kitchen, so he was unable to get out there. The teenager was
treated at the scene for the effects of breathing in smoke. The kitchen was
severely damaged by the fire. – A 12-year-old boy has since been arrested on
suspicion of arson and released on bail. 28.10.2008
Source:
"Teenager
jumps out of window after firework blaze", 29.10.2008, http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Teenager-jumps-window-firework-blaze/article-434139-detail/article.html
"I
jumped out of window to escape firework", 31.10.2008, http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/jumped-window-escape-firework/article-440024-detail/article.html
Feltham.
At 7 p.m., a lit firework was shoved through the letter box at a property.
28.10.2008
Source:
"Rockets shoved through Hounslow letterboxes", 29.10.2008, http://www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk/west-london-news/local-hounslow-news/2008/10/29/rockets-shoved-through-hounslow-letterboxes-109642-22147026/
Edinburgh.
Youths were spotted smashing the window of a car in Seafield Street and throwing
in a two-foot long slow burning firework. Firefighters were able to put the
firework out before it exploded. 29.10.2008
Source: "Vandals put firework in vehicle", 30.10.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7699353.stm
St
Ann's. A woman (52) and her son (18) have been left homeless after a
firework smashed through a bedroom window. They were taken to hospital and
treated for smoke inhalation after the fire on Brewsters Road. The bedroom –
including all its contents – were destroyed in the flames. 29.10.2008
Source:
"Blaze
after firework smashes through window", 31.10.2008, http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Blaze-firework-smashes-window/article-442338-detail/article.html
"Mum
tells of firework blaze terror", 1.11.2008, http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Mum-tells-firework-blaze-terror/article-442980-detail/article.html
A
neighbour (52) came to the rescue after neighbours spooted 'lights' coming
from the ground floor flat of a woman (20) and her three-year-old daughter in
Harn Drive at 6 p.m. The 'lights' turned out to be a lit firework that had
been rammed in the letterbox. As flames licked up the back of the door towards
gas pipes above, the man pulled out the burning firework and smothered the
flames with his hands. - Fire crews said if it wasn't for the man's quick actions
the whole house would have gone up due to the gas pipes above the door. 30.10.2008
Source:
"Home saved from firework danger", 1.11.2008, http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/HOME-SAVED-FIREWORK-DANGER/article-442528-detail/article.html
Burnley.
A teenage boy (14) was walking home through a field, close to Disraeli Street,
when he was set upon by a gang of youths.
Source:
"Burnley boy, 14, burned with firework", 4.11.2008, http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/3816875.Burnley_boy__14__burned_with_firework/
Crewe. Two fire engines were called to the Co-op on Readesdale Avenue after a firework, which had been thrown into the doorway, set off smoke alarms. 31.10.2008
Source:
"
Firework attacks on two Crewe properties", 3.11.2008, http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/crewe-news/local-crewe-news/2008/11/03/firework-attacks-on-two-crewe-properties-96135-22175074/
Crewe.
A firework
was pushed through the letter box of a house on Elm Driver. 31.10.2008
Source:
"Firework attacks on two Crewe properties", 3.11.2008, http://www.crewechronicle.co.uk/crewe-news/local-crewe-news/2008/11/03/firework-attacks-on-two-crewe-properties-96135-22175074/
Hounslow.
A yob threw a lit firework in Barracks Superstore in Beavers Lane. The vandal
slammed the door shut before fleeing as the shop, which luckily had just one
customer at the time, quickly filled with smoke. Flames licked the ceiling,
burning electric cables and destroying an estimated £10,000 worth of stock as
the firework continued to flare for more than five minutes. The owner of the
store tackled the blaze with an extinguisher. 31.10.2008
Source:
"Firework attack at store", 7.11.2008, http://www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk/west-london-news/local-hounslow-news/2008/11/07/firework-attack-at-store-109642-22192681/
Keighley.
Police have stepped-up patrols after a father (25) and his seven-month-old baby
were pelted with bricks and fireworks while driving down Highfield Lane.
31.10.2008
Source:
"Passenger injured as car is pelted with bricks", 6.11.2008, http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/3821796.Passenger_injured_as_car_is_pelted_with_bricks/
A
team of one constable and two police community support officers came under fire
in the Lake Meadows area when a group of around 15 yobs threw lit fireworks,
which narrowly missed them, before running away.
Source:
"Billericay Halloween yobs throw fireworks at police", 1.11.2008, http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/3811474.Halloween_yobs_throw_fireworks_at_police/
Salisbury.
A swan was burnt to death by a firework in what has been described as a
sickening attack.
Source:
"Swan killed by firework", 4.11.2008, http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/salisbury/salisburynews/3816745.Swan_killed_by_firework/
Walsall.
A 75-year-old woman suffered burns to her leg when a firework was thrown into
the Cambridge pub in Cambridge street. 31.10.2008
Source:
"Woman burned by firework in pub", 1.11.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7704123.stm
Castlemorton.
The door was blown off a village postbox after a firework was planted inside.
1.11.2008
Source:
"Village post box blown up by firework", 5.11.2008, http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/local/3820097.Village_post_box_blown_up_by_firework/
Ouston,
County Durham. A lit ten-inch-long firework was thrown into the window
of a woman's bedroom on The Brooms. The woman was in bed at the time, pulled
the duvet over her head and hunched dowin in the bed. There was a massive
explosion. The woman was not injured, but her bedroom carpet
was scorched. 1.11.2008
Source:
"Firework thrown into Ouston bedroom window", 2.11.2008, http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/3812021.Firework_thrown_into_bedroom_window/
Saffron Walden. Incident on Saffron Walden's Round Table annual fireworks display:
"A firework did unfortunately land outside the firing zone
and amongst the crowd. This happened as a result of a faulty fireworks knocking
over a smaller firework and causing it to miss-fire. Thankfully there were no
injuries.", said the Round Table chairman. 1.11.2008
Source:
"Firework lands in crowd", 5.11.2008, http://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/content/saffron/news/story.aspx?brand=SAFOnline&category=NewsSaffron&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestSAF&itemid=WEED05%20Nov%202008%2012%3A40%3A25%3A230
Sandiway.
A barn fire which caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage could
have been started by a firework. Eight fire engines battled for almost 24-hours
to put out the blaze at Swallow Farm in Dalefords Lane, which started on
November 1, 2008.
Source:
"Family forced to watch livelihood go up in smoke", 7.11.2008, http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/3817998.___Sixty_five_years_of_work_gone_____it_was_heartbreaking___/
Strathaven.
A member (45) of a fireworks display team was badly injured when a firework blew
up in his face during Strathaven and District Round Table's annual bonfire and
fireworks extravaganza, held in George Allan Park. The event was staged by a
professional display team and the injured man was assisting with the
arrangements for the display. About halfway into the display a firework was lit
by the man, appeared to go out but must have still been smouldering. As the man
bent over to relight the wick the firework flashed and then blew right up in the
man's face. He suffered facial burns. 1.11.2008
Source:
"Man
injured after firework explodes", 6.11.2008, http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/strathaven-news/2008/11/06/man-injured-after-firework-explodes-51525-22192745/
"Man injured at Round Table's fireworks show", 13.11.2008, http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/strathaven-news/2008/11/13/man-injured-at-round-table-s-fireworks-show-51525-22241360/
Blyth,
Northumberland. A blaze damaged about 50 metres of timber walkway above
Blyth's east Pier, cabling along the pier and cut off the electricity supply
to two of its nine wind turbines and the lighthouse. Northumberland Fire and
Rescue Service was investigating the cause of the blaze, but it is thought it
was started by a stray firework or the ignition of fireworks left in the area
after the Blyth In A New Light event (bonfire/fireworks display). 2.11.2008
Source:
"Pier fire followed fireworks event", 3.11.2008, http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/latest/Pier-fire-followed-fireworks-event.4654651.jp
"Firework display sparks blaze at Blyth harbour", 3.11.2008, http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/11/03/firework-display-sparks-blaze-at-blyth-harbour-72703-22172221/
"Firework theory of Blyth pier fire", 4.11.2008, http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/11/04/firework-theory-of-blyth-pier-fire-61634-22177477/
Fleetwood.
A resident had a lucky escape when a firework smashed through a window and flew
through a house in Cherry Tree Court. It hit the window, broke the double gazed
unit, filled the 60-year-old woman's home with smoke and burned furnishings.
The woman was left shocked. 2.11.2008
Source:
"Firework
thrown through window", 4.11.2008, http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk/fleetwood/Firework-thrown-through-window.4657140.jp
"Blackpool's
firework terror", 4.11.2008, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Blackpool39s-firework-terror.4656819.jp
Great
Cornard. Someone shoved a lit firework through the letter box of a family home
in Head Lane. The firework did start a small fire. 2.11.2008
Source:
"Vandals push lit firework through Cornard letterbox", 6.11.2008, http://www.suffolkfreepress.co.uk/news/Vandals-push-lit-firework-through.4663759.jp
Manton.
A firework is thought to have started a fire in Priory Road which completely
destroyed a car and trailer tent and damaged the garage. 2.11.2008
Source:
"Car destroyed in firework blaze", 3.11.2008, http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/Car-destroyed-in-firework-blaze.4655469.jp
"Safety warning after firework blaze", 3.11.2008, http://www.rutland-times.co.uk/news/Safety-warning-after-firework-blaze.4655309.jp
Billericay.
A
young mum of Goldington Crescent says it hit 10-month-old daughter
in the arm during the Billericay Round Table firework display at Lake Meadows.
Luckily, the baby had a padded coat on and wasn't hurt.
Source:
"Firework hits baby at Billericay display", 3.11.2008, http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/3812438.Firework_hits_baby_at_display/
Blackburn.
A woman (32) instinctively pulled her four-year-old daughter to safety after a firework
was thrown through her letterbox in the Wensley Fold area.
Source:
Police and fire crews probe blast Blackburn fireworks attack, 5.11.2008, http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/news/3821554.Police_and_fire_crews_probe_blast_Blackburn_fireworks_attack/
Newarthill.
When two thugs threw a firework at a 13-year-old schoolgirl outside the school
gates at Brannock High, the firework struck the girl on her left ankle causing
her sock to catch fire. She suffered blister burns to her leg. 3.11.2008
Source:
"Baby
burned by firework thrown into her pram", 13.11.2008, http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/2008/11/13/baby-burned-by-firework-thrown-into-her-pram-51525-22243080/
New
Stevenston,
North Lanarkshire. A 10-month-old baby girl suffered burns to her neck after
youths threw a lit firework into her pram. The tot's jacket caught fire during
the incident outside a shop in New Stevenston near Motherwell. Police are
hunting two youths in connection with the attack, which took place yards from
the entrance of Taylor High School in Carfin Street. 3.11.2008
Source:
"Baby burned by firework in pram", 11.11.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7721891.stm
"Youths threw firework into tot's pram", 11.11.2008, http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2467324.0.youths_threw_firework_into_tots_pram.php
"Baby
burned by firework thrown into her pram", 13.11.2008, http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/2008/11/13/baby-burned-by-firework-thrown-into-her-pram-51525-22243080/
|
"Community service for teen yob who threw firework
into baby's pram", 10.7.2009, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/07/10/community-service-for-teen-yob-who-threw-firework-into-baby-s-pram-86908-21508858/ |
Worthing,
West Sussex. Scared shoppers ran for cover after a man caused chaos by setting
off fireworks in a busy town centre car park in High Street. 3.11.2008
Source:
"Shoppers run for cover as fireworks let off in Worthing town centre" – with
video, 3.11.2008, http://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/worthing-news/BREAKING-NEWS-Shoppers-run-for.4654755.jp
Burton
Latimer. A car in Church Lane was severely damaged after a
firework was thrown into it. 4.11.2008
Source:
"Firework attack in Burton Latimer", 11.11.2008, http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Firework-attack-in-Burton-Latimer.4679692.jp
Clacton.
A woman (52) and three children were asleep in a flat in Warwick Road, when yobs
pushed a large Brightstar Atomizer firework through the letterbox in the early
hours of the morning.
Source:
"Clacton: Fireworks fright for grandmother", 4.11.2008, http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3815341.Clacton__Fireworks_fright_for_grandmother/
East
London. A firework caused a blaze which damaged a garage repair workshop in the
arches under the mainline Liverpool Street railway in the early hours. 4.11.2008
Source:
"Firework sets garage workshop ablaze", 4.11.2008, http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED04%20Nov%202008%2016%3A01%3A01%3A330
Snodland.
A stray firework may have started a blaze which destroyed a block of flats. A
number of people had to be evacuated and given shelter as fire raged through the
block in Poynder Road, in the early hours. 4.11.2008
Source:
"Block of flats destroyed in blaze", 4.11.2008, http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=50779
A
four-foot firework rocket – described as having a metal nose cone – flew
through a family's Peugeot 206's back window, showering the car and driveway
with glass. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Young family in firework terror", 12.11.2008, http://www.champnews.com/html/newsstory.asp?id=7073
Barrow.
Fire crews raced to an address on Abbotsmead Approach where a quad bike had been
set alight by a firework that had been thrown into a trailer, but the fire was
out on arrival. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Busy bonfire night for crews", 6.11.2008, http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/1.265783
Carlisle.
Two officers were called to Dowbeck Road after reports that youths were throwing
fireworks at passers-by. When they arrived at the scene all the youths had
disappeared, but a quantity of fireworks had been thrown into a bonfire and were
exploding in all directions. Two fireworks were then thrown at the police car.
5.11.2008
Source: "Fireworks hurled at police in Carlisle", 8.11.2008, http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.267313
Cedar
Grove. Yobs armed with bottles and fireworks attacked 999 crews called out to an
Alnwick street. Firefighters were met with a hail of missiles and abuse hurled
by teenage louts after being called to Cedar Grove, where a bonfire had been
lit. Among the objects thrown at them were lit fireworks and glass bottles.
5.11.2008
Source: "Shame on you", 6.11.2008, http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/SHAME-ON-YOU.4669057.jp
Colchester.
A fire had started in a garage in St Helena Road about 10pm. Two fire engines
were on the scene. A spokesman for the fire station said, that the family had a
private fireworks display in the garden and put the spent fireworks in a box in
the garage, but it appears that some of the fireworks may not have been fully
extinguished in the box. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Colchester: spent fireworks blaze in garage", 8.11.2008, http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3827744.Colchester__spent_fireworks_blaze_in_garage/
Littleborough.
Fire crews were called out to a house in Boundary Street, Deeplish, after a
firework was pushed through the letterbox. The house was unoccupied at the time.
5.11.2008
Source:
"Houses set ablaze on busiest night", 8.11.2008, http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1078491_houses_set_ablaze_on_busiest_night
Llanfairfechan
(Conwy) residents were terrified when an organised fireworks display on the
beach misfired into the crowd. A woman was seriously injured. One shocked
witness said: "I think up to ten people were injured, including a baby, when
sparks flew into its pram and a small child. One woman had a burnt eye."
"Councillors had set up the fireworks on the wall but the last one wasn't
set off correctly, or fell over. A spark went out into the crowd", said
another. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Woman's burns at fireworks party", 6.11.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7712443.stm
"Woman seriously injured in North Wales firework accident", 6.11.2008, http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/11/06/woman-seriously-injured-in-north-wales-firework-accident-55578-22193840/
"Onlookers
injured at Llanfairfechan fireworks display", 6.11.2008, http://www.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/conwy-county-news/local-conwy-news/2008/11/06/onlookers-injured-at-llanfairfechan-fireworks-display-55243-22198814/
East
London. A
fire crew from Bethnal Green was targeted by youths who aimed a rocket at their
fire engine on a 999 call in Florida Street. Luckily the rocket bounced off the
vehicle. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Police station under attack during busiest night for fire calls", 6.11.2008, http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED06%20Nov%202008%2015%3A24%3A12%3A647
"Guy Fawkes madness in East London", 7.11.2008, http://www.thelondondailynews.com/fawkes-madness-east-london-p-1719.html
East
London.
A firework attack on a police station is being
investigated as arson. An 'aerial bombardment' firework was hurled into
Bethnal Green police station in Victoria Park Square from the pavement outside.
It filled the front office with smoke, damaging the ceiling and air vent and
setting off the fire alarms. Police confirmed two suspects slid the 30
multi-shot firework which ignited. The fire brigade had to be called in as the
office filled with smoke. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Police station under attack during busiest night for fire calls", 6.11.2008, http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED06%20Nov%202008%2015%3A24%3A12%3A647
"Guy Fawkes madness in East London", 7.11.2008, http://www.thelondondailynews.com/fawkes-madness-east-london-p-1719.html
Eastwood.
A man was stunned to discover a rocket had shattered a glass-topped table in the
back garden of his home in Tudor Road. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Teenager's first car up in smoke", 7.11.2008, http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/3826161.Teenager_s_first_car_up_in_smoke/
Hawkwell.
A teenager's car went up in flames after yobs threw a firework underneath
it in Englefield Close. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Teenager's first car up in smoke", 7.11.2008, http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/3826161.Teenager_s_first_car_up_in_smoke/
Ifield.
A blaze broke out on the Mill House Pub's roof in Hyde Drive, after a stray
firework lodged itself on the roof and started the fire. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Fire at Ifield pub", 6.11.2008, http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/496/Fire-at-Ifield-pub.4668702.jp
Keresley. A couple was lucky to be alive
after a stray firework shot into their living room at their semi in Cottage Farm Road
and set the furniture ablaze. They survived thanks to the quick actions of the
62-year-old husband who grabbed a garden hose to douse the eight-foot flames.
The man suffered burns to both hands. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Fireworks nightmare in Coventry2, 7.11.2008, http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2008/11/07/fireworks-nightmare-in-coventry-92746-22205050/
Kingswinford.
A derelict building on the site of The Summerhill School in Lodge Lane was
devastated by fire following a suspected arson attack involving a firework.
5.11.2008
Source:
"Four hurt in bonfire celebrations", 6.11.2008, http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/06/four-hurt-in-bonfire-celebrations/
Lancashire.
A boy was hit by a firework on the Fylde Coast. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Bonfire night aftermath", 6.11.2008, http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=970981&spid=11191
Minera.
A fountain-style firework, at a private bonfire fireworks display in Gegin Lane
on the outskirts of Minera, that exploded in a woman's face would have blinded
her if she wasn't wearing glasses. The woman (32) suffered severe head and arm
injuries. She returned to a lit firework to investigate why it hadn't gone
off. It then blew up in her face, setting her clothes on fire. Relatives rushed
to throw water over her and roll her on the grass. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Merseyside
skies light up for Bonfire Night", 6.11.2008, http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/11/06/merseyside-skies-light-up-for-bonfire-night-64375-22194235/
"Woman's burns at fireworks party", 6.11.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7712443.stm
"Woman seriously injured in North Wales firework accident", 6.11.2008, http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/11/06/woman-seriously-injured-in-north-wales-firework-accident-55578-22193840/
"Bonfire night proves busy for Wrexham firefighters", 6.11.2008, http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news/Bonfire-night-proves-busy-for.4668013.jp
"Wrexham
woman almost blinded by firework", 7.11.2008, http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/11/07/almost-blinded-by-firework-explosion-55578-22202783/
"Mother tells of Wrexham firework explosion
horror, 7.11.2008, http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news/Mother-tells-of-Wrexham-firework.4672535.jp
Nether
Edge. A Toyota Corolla car in Ashland Road was damaged when a
firework was set off under it. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Safety first ensures an After Dark spectacular – SLIDESHOW", 7.11.2008,
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/headlines/Safety-first-ensures-an-After.4669113.jp
Oulton
Broad. An investigation has been launched after a firework flew off in the
direction of spectators during the Dell Primary School's annual bonfire night
display. No-one was injured in the accident, but witnesses have described how
people were forced to run for cover. Several fireworks were placed in tubes and
it appeared one accidentally fired off through the side and towards spectators.
A man said the firework landed on his four-year-old granddaughter's foot and
it put her into shock. 5.11.2008
Source:
"School firework drama", 6.11.2008, http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Nov%202008%2017%3A40%3A44%3A390
"Probe launched after firework incident", 7.11.2008, http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=NOED06%20Nov%202008%2019%3A47%3A51%3A480
"Display defended by Lowestoft
school", 7.11.2008, http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/content/lowestoftjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=LOWOnline&category=NEWS&tBrand=lowonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Nov%202008%2016%3A57%3A48%3A430
Pattingham
near Wolverhampton. A man was hit in the chest with a firework at around 11 p.m.
5.11.2008
Source:
"Four hurt in bonfire celebrations", 6.11.2008, http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/06/four-hurt-in-bonfire-celebrations/
Plymouth.
An elderly woman had a firework pushed through her letterbox in Honicknowle. The
fire was extinguished by firefighters and the woman was treated with oxygen
theapy. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Fireworks arson attacks across Plymouth", 6.11.2008, http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Fireworks-arson-attacks-Plymouth/article-453835-detail/article.html
Portlethen.
Police have said the occupants of two homes in the Fern Road and Bracken Road
areas were lucky to escape injury after fireworks were put in their letterboxes.
5.11.2008
Source:
"Firework letterbox youths hunted", 7.11.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7715076.stm
Rishton.
A woman was taken to hospital after a firework was put in her letterbox. She was
treated for shock and the effects of breathing in smoke. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Busy night for county fire crews", 6.11.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/7712389.stm
Stoke.
Two fire engines and an aerial ladder platform were sent to a three story
property in York Place at about 9.30 p.m. to deal with a fire in a roof gutter
started by a firework. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Fireworks arson attacks across Plymouth", 6.11.2008, http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Fireworks-arson-attacks-Plymouth/article-453835-detail/article.html
Tamworth.
A police officer was injured after a group of middle-aged men outside the St
George pub in Caledonian, Glascote Heath, allegedly launched fireworks at police
in a row over a bonfire party. The trouble broke out after the officers asked
organisers to halt the display of fireworks amid fears for public safety.
5.11.2008
Source:
"Tamworth police officer hurt in rocket firework attack", 13.11.2008, http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/news/Policeman-hurt-rocket-firework-attack/article-471739-detail/article.html
Titchfield.
A couple and two children were asleep upstairs in their home in
Ransome Close when vandals put a firework through the letter box just after 10
p.m. It was only the loud bang of the firework and a smoke detector
going off on the landing that alerted the family who were able to raise the
alarm as the house began to fill up with smoke. An arson investigation has been
launched. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Lit firework put through front door", 6.11.2008, http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/hampshirenews/3822706.Vandals_cause_firework_drama_while_family_sleep/
"Family
in firework horror", 6.11.2008, http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/Family-in-firework-horror.4666401.jp
Upperthorpe.
A 20-year-old man had to put out flames after a firework thrown through the
window of his house set fire to bedding. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Safety first ensures an After Dark spectacular – SLIDESHOW", 7.11.2008,
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/headlines/Safety-first-ensures-an-After.4669113.jp
Wolverhampton.
Thugs threw a firework into the crowds at an organised display at the
Castlecroft Road club at around 8.30 p.m., hitting a young boy in the leg. The
boy was treated for shock. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Four hurt in bonfire celebrations", 6.11.2008, http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/06/four-hurt-in-bonfire-celebrations/
Wolverhampton.
Shortly before 8.45 p.m. ambulance crews arrived on Cardiff Street, Penn, to
find a man with burns to his hands. It is believed the man was holding a
firework when it exploded. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Four hurt in bonfire celebrations", 6.11.2008, http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/06/four-hurt-in-bonfire-celebrations/
Worle, in Weston-super-Mare. A couple had a lucky escape after a
A
rocket firework was smashed into a house in Magdalen Way and started fire in an upstairs bedroom. It is
believed the rocket may have been set of deliberately by a gang of youths seen
running away. The child's bedroom was completely destroyed. 5.11.2008
Source:
"Firework explodes into bedroom of Weston house", 6.11.2008, http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Firework-explodes-bedroom-Weston-house/article-454670-detail/article.html
"Firework sets house ablaze", 6.11.2008, http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED06%20Nov%202008%2010%3A22%3A04%3A113
"Family on streets after firework
prank", 14.11.2008, http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED12%20Nov%202008%2016%3A34%3A37%3A433
Aberdeen.
Emergency workers came under attack while tackling a bonfire blaze on Eday Road
in Summerhill. Up to 50 youths launched fireworks at emergency workers after
starting a rubbish fire.
Source:
"Gang of 50 teens attack firemen. Fireworks launched at emergency crews",
6.11.2008, http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/925169?UserKey=
|
"Teen
detained for throwing a firework", 24.7.2009, http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1321841?UserKey= |
Chingford.
Cruel yobs who burned a hedgehog to death using a firework should be jailed,
according to animal rights campaigner. The animal, which had suffered horrific
burns, was found on a footpath between Forest Glade and Charter Road by the
river Ching. Epping Forest Hedgehog Rescue says the sinister practice of
torturing and killing hedgehogs is on the rise. A vet who examined it, said he
thought a banger had struck it and burnt it.
Source:
"CHINGFORD: 'Jail hedgehog killers' – campaigner", 6.11.2008, http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/3825586.CHINGFORD___Jail_hedgehog_killers____campaigner/
Corringham
town. Dense smoke filled the Kentucky Fried Chicken in St John's Way in the
town centre after a thug threw a lit firework into the building and staff were
forced to evacuate. Fortunately the restaurant was empty at the time. Staff were
just closing for the night and turned away a disgruntled customer. It appears he
returned with a smoke bomb which he threw through the letterbox slightly
damaging the seating area in the restaurant at the front. 6.11.2008
Source:
CORRINGHAM:
Restaurant evacuated after firework incident, 7.11.2008, http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/CORRINGHAM-Restaurant-evacuated-firework-incident/article-457245-detail/article.html
Smoke
bomb is posted through KFC letterbox, 8.11.2008, http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/3829629.Smoke_bomb_is_posted_through_KFC_letterbox/
Crosby.
A firework was launched at a man after he chased Mischief Night yobs who had
shattered his front porch and windows in Myers Road East. 6.11.2008
Source:
"Our fireworks terror", 6.11.2008, http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/iccrosby/news/tm_headline=our-fireworks-terror&method=full&objectid=22192643&siteid=60252-name_page.html
Kempston.
A firework was pushed at approximately 8 p.m. through the letterbox of
Franco's Continental Grocery Store in Margetts Road. – The incident is being
treated as arson. 6.11.2008
Source: "Firework attack treated as arson", 10.11.2008, http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/545/Firework-attack-treated-as-arson.4677273.jp
Liverpool.
Fire service bosses believe the blaze at the Vauxhall premises of Sutton Kersh
just before 5 a.m. was started deliberately. It is thought a firework may have
sparked the laze in a file and archive storage room at the estate agent and
surveyor's Cotton Street office. Damage: about £10,000. 6.11.2008
Source:
"Call for firework ban as blaze hits estate agent", 6.11.2008, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/11/06/call-for-firework-ban-as-blaze-hits-estate-agent-100252-22197248/
Paignton.
Two flatmates escaped serious burns as they battled to extinguish their
first-floor blazing flat on the Queen Elizabeth Drive estate after a late-night
firework attack. One of the separate spark explosions from the rocket launcher
firework travelled straight through the open window and ignited the curtains.
6.11.2008
Source:
"Men fight flames after firework attack", 8.11.2008, http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Men-fight-flames-firework-attack/article-459224-detail/article.html
Huyton.
A student (21) used her body to shield children from a rogue firework from a
fireworks display in the children's home where she was as a guest. She was
burned when a out-of-control firework hit her in the stomach and exploded –
sending flames down her thighs and up her arms. Doctors told her she could be
permanently scarred.
Source:
"I just had to jump in front of firework", 7.11.2008, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/11/07/i-just-had-to-jump-in-front-of-firework-100252-22205236/
Wellingborough.
Firefighters had to be called after a lit firework was pushed through
someone's letterbox in Jubilee Crescent. 7.11.2008
Source:
"Firework pushed through Wellingborough letterbox", 8.11.2008, http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Firework-pushed-through-Wellingborough-letterbox.4674737.jp
Coventry.
The ground-floor flat of a four-storey block in Broad Park Road, Henley
Green,was set ablaze, after yobs launched a lit firework through a window. All
residents of the block were evacuated. Some residents were treated for the
effects of smoke inhalation. 8.11.2008
Source:
"Coventry residents made homeless by firework flat fire", 11.11.2008, http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2008/11/11/coventry-residents-made-homeless-by-firework-flat-fire-92746-22225109/
Epsom.
Crowds were forced to run for safety when red hot ash showered down on them
during the massive firework display in Hook Road arena. During the display the
winds picked up and strong gusts blew some of the firework detritus on the
people standing near the stage. One woman had her trousers scorched from the
remains of a firework as she fled to safety. 8.11.2008
Source:
"Crowds forced to flee Epsom scouts fireworks", 13.11.2008, http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/epsomnews/3843966.Crowds_forced_to_flee_fireworks/
Bagillt.
A firework, from a neighbouring private display, had hit the corner of a
woman's living room window in Riverbank, blowing pictures and candles on the
windowsill across the room. Fortunately, the leading on the window prevented the
firework from exploding in the house; the blind was down the rocket ricocheted
back outside. 8.11.2008
Source:
"Flintshire woman speaks out after firework smashes window of home", 13.11.2008,
http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news/Flintshire-woman-speaks-out-after.4690129.jp
Penwortham.
A lit firework exploded as it was pushed through the letterbox of the home on
Buller Avenue, off Leyland Road, as a couple slept. The explosion at 12.34 a.m.
on Saturday left the door damaged. 8.11.2008
Source:
"Firework explodes in couple's house", 8.11.2008, http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Firework-explodes-in-couple39s-house.4674498.jp
Whitby.
A woman (50) was given oxygen by paramedics for shock after a lit firework
rocket was posted through the letterbox of her detached house in Chancel Way
just after 3 a.m. The firework was poked through the letterbox and shot upstairs
where it hit the back wall on the landing before letting off a loud bang and
exploding, setting off smoke detectors. 8.11.2008
Source:
"Mum's terror as firework explodes in house", 11.11.2008, http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/rocket-yobs-put-mum-in.4677950.jp
Hatherley.
Over the weekend, yobs shoved a firework at about 3.45 a.m. through the cat flap
of a house on Broad Oak Way while a couple upstairs was sleeping. The incident
ruined much of the paintwork and carpet in the house. 8./9.11.2008
Source:
"Firework thrown through cat flap", 10.11.2008, http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/latestnews/Firework-thrown-cat-flap/article-462032-detail/article.html
Ayr/Scotland. Sean Keenan (21) died in a fire after his
friend Jason McAnally (22) tried to wake him up by setting off a firework in his
bedroom at Mill Street in Ayr on November 9, 2008 at around 4 a.m. The firework
set fire to discarded clothing on the floor and a blaze broke out in the flat
where Mr Keenan was sleeping. Mr Keenan died from smoke inhalation. Firefighters
found the victim apparently dead beneath a bedroom window. - McAnally was
originally charged with murder but today admitted the reduced charge of culpable
homicide. McAnally is sentenced at the end of march 2009.
Source:
"Man admits party prank fire death",
3.3.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7921127.stm
"Former soldier killed friend by
trying to wake him with firework", 3.3.2009, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/4933524/Former-soldier-killed-friend-by-trying-to-wake-him-with-firework.html
"Reveller killed sleeping friend by setting off rocket in bedroom", 4.3.2009, http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Reveller-killed-sleeping-friend-by.5035016.jp
|
"Man jailed over firework death", 28.3.2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gTCI1UzlsXyDoMwnRmAqvKSzLYVg: Jason McAnally (22) who caused the death of a friend by setting off a firework in the flat where he was sleeping has been jailed for more than three years. |
Newington.
Arsonists dropped a firework into a postbox; firefighters were called to
Newington Road to put out the blaze. 9.11.2008
Source:
"Postie finds hot mail in burnt box", 13.11.2008, http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/margate/Postie-finds-hot-mail-burnt-box/article-472695-detail/article.html
Dunfermline.
Fraser Thomson was attending the annual bonfire and fireworks display at
Pittencrieff Park with his wife, two daughters, two nieces and nephew, when a
firework shot across the safety barrier, through a crowd and struck his 12-year
old niece, Demmi Kellock, in the chest and left a slight burn on her chest. Then
it bounced of and struck his 9-year old niece, Ashleigh McGill, who was standing
close by, burning her lip and singeing her eyebrow. His 10-year old daughter
went into shock and started hyperventilating. 12.11.2008
Source:
"Rosyth family in fireworks terror", 13.11.2008, http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/1/30721/
Hindley.
Youths
put a lit Thunderbolt firework inside a man's mailbox.
Source:
"Man's horror as mailbox is blown apart", 14.11.2008, http://www.wigantoday.net/wigannews/Mans-horror-as-mailbox-is.4695256.jp
Pitsmoor.
Motorists driving on Barnsley Road, near Abbeyfield Park, were forced to stop
when yobs set off rockets – aiming them at their cars. 18.11.2008
Source:
"Firework yobs bombard cars", 20.11.2008, http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Firework-yobs-bombard-cars.4713150.jp
Gilberdyke,
East Yorkshire. An elderly couple have been treated for shock by paramedics
after a lit firework was put through the letterbox of their house on Chapel
Garth, setting fire to the carpet.
Source:
"Firework in home shocks elderly couple", 23.11.2008, http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/latest-york-and-humberside-news/Firework-in-home-shocks-elderly.4722712.jp
"Firework
attack on elderly couple", 27.11.2008, http://www.goolecourier.co.uk/news/Firework-attack-on-elderly-couple.4734645.jp
Nottingham.
Police are investigating after an industrial firework was let off in a vehicle
parked in Bells Lane, Broxtowe at about 10.40pm. The whole windscreen had blown
off and the passenger seat was blown out. The road was closed for about three
hours. 25.11.2008
Source:
"Car
owner's explosion shock", 26.11.2008, http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Car-owner-s-explosion-shock/article-502969-detail/article.html
"Firework
damages vehicle", 26.11.2008, http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/latest-east-midlands-news/Firework-damages-vehicle.4733853.jp
Corby.
Terrified occupants of a house at Sturton Walk woke to find their hallway
smoke-logged after a firework was pushed through their letterbox. The rocket
skidded a few metres along the carpet before it came to a standstill and lay
smouldering near a mattress. The letterbox has been left charred
and warped from the firework.
Source:
"Firework terror at Corby home", 26.11.2008, http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Firework-terror-at-Corby-home.4731106.jp
Corby.
A lit firework was pushed through a letterbox at a property in Bentley Walk
between 12.15pm on December 3 and 5am on December 4, 2008.
Source: "Lit firework pushed through Corby letterbox", 5.12.2008, http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Lit-firework-pushed-through-Corby.4765865.jp
Rusholme.
Teenage thugs used fireworks to deliberately start a blaze in a basement
clothing shop. The pair went into the premises of Lucky Six Garments on Wilmslow
Road, setting off what are believed to have been two fireworks – one at either
end of the shop. A number of small fires broke out, garments caught fire, and
there was substantial damage to the premises. The owner, his wife and their son
were able to escape without injury. 9.12.2008
Source: "Firework thugs target shop", 12.12.2008, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1085000_firework_thugs_target_shop
Rudheath.
Two men were spotted throwing lit fireworks at a house in East Avenue, possibly
in an attempt to damage the inflatable Christmas decorations in the front garden,
while a couple with their four children (17, 16, 7, 5) were sleeping inside the
house. 24.12.2008
Source:
"Firework yobs target house", 24.12.2008, http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/4001389.FIREWORK_YOBS_TARGET_HOUSE/
2007
England. Restrict Fireworks - Firework Report 2007: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/restrictfireworks/ oder direkt unter http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/restrictfireworks/2007menu.htm
Chippenham.
Shocked neighbours in Grenway Lane were alerted by an explosion as the raiders
set fire to the dumped Passat. The car was abandoned in an access road. The
raiders had filled the abandoned car with fireworks before setting it ablaze.
Source: "Armed thieves raid Tesco", 15.1.2007, http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1124446.0.armed_thieves_raid_tesco.php
East
Preston. Fireworks stored in a garage are believed to have been accidentally set
off and started a fire. It is thought that a fault with the garage's motorised
door caused sparks to fall into the box of fireworks, setting them alight. The
garage was almost totally destroyed by the fire and the rest of the house badly
damaged by smoke. 13.2.2007
Source: "Unscheduled firework display as garage goes up in smoke", 15.2.2007, http://www.littlehamptontoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=467&ArticleID=2050857
Bomb
disposal teams swooped on a residential area after an industrial firework, with
the explosive power of a small bomb, was planted in a car in Lowerhouse Lane,
Burnley. It is believed the firework had been lit, but had not gone off.
Source: "'Small bomb' planted in car", 20.3.2007, http://www.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/display.var.1270476.0.small_bomb_planted_in_car.php
Sheffield.
Yobs jammed fireworks into the letterbox of a family and fired them through the house at children as young as five. Both children (5 and 8) suffer from asthma
and the house was filled with smoke and fumes from the fireworks.
Source: "Firework prank yobs slammed", 20.3.2007, http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2132759&SectionID=58
Surrey.
A teenager approached a Caterham petrol station shop, Town end, and threw a
firework inside, shrouding the store in thick green smoke. The smoke damaged
stock as well as being breathed in by customers inside including a pregnant
woman. Other teenagers used their mobile phones to video the dangerous attack.
17.4.2007
Source: "Youth smoke bombs petrol station", 18.4.2007, http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1338244.0.youth_smoke_bombs_petrol_station.php
|
"Teens
arrested over smoke bomb attack on garage", 26.4.2007, http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200surreyheadlines/tm_headline=teens-arrested-over-smoke-bomb-attack-on-garage&method=full&objectid=18963616&siteid=50101-name_page.html:
Two teenagers (17 and 16) have
been arrested in connection with a smoke bomb that was thrown into the Esso
petrol station in Town End on April 17. |
Paisley
Sheriff Court was told that a man had picked up a kitchen knife after a group of
adults threw a firework at his son then attacked him. The man appeared at court
for sentencing this week after he previously pleaded guilty to having the knife
in a public place.
Source: "Knife dad 'lost control'", 12.7.2007, http://www.paisleygazette.co.uk/?module=displaystory&story_id=947&format=html
Somerset.
A farmer is demanding compensation after the Weare First School firework display
killed one of his sheep and more than 20 unborn lambs. The loud noise of the
fireworks display disturbed the sheep in the field next door and one fell into a
rhyne and drowned. 20 ewes also lost their unborn lambs due to the firework
display.
The
farmer was so distraught over the death of his sheep that he threw the carcass
into a crowd of children and parents watching the display.
Source: "Dead sheep is thrown into school playground", 23.7.2007, http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED23%20Jul%202007%2010%3A30%3A19%3A020
Lewes.
A firework was put inside a parking meter machine near the Lewes FC's ground at
the Dripping Pan and caused massive damage. Two bangers were found alongside the
machine. Damage: about £1,500.
Source: "Police on trail of parking meter vandal", 27.7.2007, http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news?articleid=3066162
London.
Police were called to an apartment building on Fanshawe Park Road, after reports
of gunshots coming from the building, but there were two men setting off
fireworks from a balcony. One fireworks landed close to a police officer and his
police dog. The men were arrested. Both men (21 and 25) are charged with assault
police, assault with a weapon and disturbing occupants of a dwelling. 9.8.2007
Source: "Two men charged after fireworks standoff with police", 9.8.2007, http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=4494
St Leonards. A family say the eruption from an exploding firework frightened their greyhound Jony so much she died of a heart attack. Jony was being taken for an evening walk when a loud explosion terrified the poor canine. The dog's owner managed to get the dog back to her house, where Jony (9) died of a heart attack. 19.8.2007
Source: "Fireworks shock kills family's beloved dog", 12.9.2007, http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/eknews/news/tm_headline=fireworks-shock-kills-family-x2019-s-beloved-dog&method=full&objectid=19779941&siteid=50144-name_page.html
Liverpool.
Thousands of pounds worth of fireworks lit-up the city's skies to Liverpool's
800th birthday celebrations. Fireworks fired off from in front of the
Three Graces at the Pier Head and the roofs of the two cathedrals. - The fire
service was called to the Metropolitan Cathedral after a small fire broke out.
Two fire engines attended, and it is understood that the fire was caused by a
firework from the display. 28.8.2007
Source: "Skies dazzle with the best fireworks, ever", 29.8.2007, http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/08/29/skies-dazzle-with-the-best-fireworks-ever-64375-19701280/
Ipswich.
Vandals blew up a ticket machine in The Village car park. It is understood a
"banger" firework was exploded on the machine causing damage to the
casing. An unexploded firework was also found on the bonnet of a nearby car.
Source: "Vandals blow up Ipswich ticket machine", 7.9.2007, http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED07%20Sep%202007%2009%3A07%3A01%3A387
Tilehurst. Yobs put a firework in a postbox in Royal Avenue causing a fire and scorching mail. 7.9.2007
Source: "Firework starts blaze in postbox", 10.9.2007, http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/2014/2014814/firework_starts_blaze_in_postbox
Daubhill. A woman was woken by her smoke alarm and the explosions: Roman candle-type firework was shoved through the door of her terrace house in Lumsden Street at 10 p.m. There was only minor damage to the door and a carpet in the hall, but a fire chief said the firework could have left the woman trapped in a blazing house. 13.9.2007
Source: "Woman victim of terrifying firework attack", 15.9.2007, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1691430.0.woman_victim_of_terrifying_firework_attack.php
Radcliff. More than 200 women walked 13.2 miles through the streets of
the borough to raise money for Bury Hospice. But as they were passing along
Ainsworth Road, marshals noticed a group of 15 teenagers hurling fireworks.
16.9.2007
Source: "Firework yobs are back in action", 20.9.2007, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1701427.0.firework_yobs_are_back_in_action.php
West Derby, Liverpool. The interior of a teacher's car in the car park
outside Runnymede St Edward's school in Sandfield Park was extensively damaged
and the windows were smashed when a home-made improvised firework went off
inside. The incident happened shortly before the children were due to leave
school! 21.9.2007
Source:
"Men hunted after school car blast", 22.9.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7007968.stm
"School nail bomb: Motive unclear say police", 22.9.2007, http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/09/22/school-nail-bomb-motive-unclear-say-police-64375-19831776/
"Bomb blows up under car of teacher in Liverpool", 24.9.2007, http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2987897.ece
Irchester. Yobs posted a lit firework through the letterbox of the Red Cross shop in School Road. Fortunately a passer-by noticed smoke in the building and called the firefighters, so only the mat at the door was burned. 9.10.2007
Source:
"Worker disgusted by firework prank", 11.10.2007, http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Worker-disgusted-by-firework-prank.3368373.jp
"Charity volunteer condemns firework yobs", 11.10.2007, http://www.northantset.co.uk/campaign/Charity-volunteer-condemns-firework-yobs.3368648.jp
A youth who threw a live
firework into the All Pets shop in Stonehouse on October 11, 2007, packed with
caged animals has been banned from leaving his house at night. February 14,
2008, a judge from Gloucester Crown Court sentenced the youth (18) under a 7pm
to 7am home curfew for three months and ordered him to pay compensation of £1,500
for the damage he did.
(All Pets owner suffered a
panic attack when she saw the extent of the damage the morning after the blaze.
Fortunately all the pets were evacuated safely from the smoke-filled shop by
firefighters but stock worth £8,000 to £10,000 was destroyed.)
Source: "He's not a bad lad says victim of pet shop fire", 18.2.2008, http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231754&home=yes&more_nodeId1=231776&contentPK=19903932
Birleywood.
Fire officers were called to The Willows Children's Home after youths set fire
to a net curtain by an open window with a firework. 13.10.2007
Source: "Kids' home firework attack", 18.10.2007, http://www.champnews.com/html/newsstory.asp?id=6158
Birkrig. Yobs pushed a firework through a letter box of a terraced house. 14.10.2007
Source: "Kids' home firework attack", 18.10.2007, http://www.champnews.com/html/newsstory.asp?id=6158
Heol
Cadifor, Penlan, Swansea/South Wales. A home has been badly damaged by a fire
who was started by a firework being pushed through a window which set fire to a
settee. 14.10.2007
Source: "Home damaged in firework incident", 16.10.2007, http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/10/16/home-damaged-in-firework-incident-91466-19956593/
Dundee, Scotland. A lit explosive was put through the letterbox of a flat in Dykehead Place. 15.10.2007
Source: "Fireworks posted through letterbox", 16.10.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7046850.stm
Police are hunting firework vandals who blew up postboxes in the villages
of Paxford and Charingworth. In both incidents, the front doors of the postboxes
were blown off by the powerful blasts. 15.10.2007
Source: "Hunt for firework vandals", 16.10.2007, http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/cotsnewsroundup/display.var.1764138.0.hunt_for_firework_vandals.php
Lockwood.
A group of yobs pushed a firework through a woman's letterbox. 16.10.2007
Source: "Gang's vendetta terrorises mum", 24.10.2007, http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/examiner/news/regional/tm_headline=gang-s-vendetta-terrorises-mum&method=full&objectid=20000191&siteid=50060-name_page.html
Firefighters came under attack when a group of teenage yobs
threw a lit firework at a fire engine. 17.10.2007
Source: "Firefighters attacked with firework", 18.10.2007, http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Firefighters-attacked-with-firework.3391619.jp
Lower Close, Halberton. A rogue firework may have caused a blaze which destroyed a 600-year-old cottage. 20.10.2007
Source: "Firework could have started cottage blaze", 22.10.2007, http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=136993&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231418&home=yes&more_nodeId1=137002&contentPK=18738961
Heol
Cadifor, Penlan, Swansea. A home has been badly damaged by a blaze caused by a
firework. Investigations showed the fire was started by a firework being pushed
through a window which set fire to a settee. 21.10.2007
Source: "Home damaged in firework incident", 16.10.2007, http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/10/16/home-damaged-in-firework-incident-91466-19956593/
Peterlee.Yobs
have destroyed a family's car by jamming a firework into the sun roof in Hale
Rise. 21.10.2007
Source: "Firework attack wrecks car", 23.10.2007, http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Firework-attack-wrecks-car.3402372.jp
Blackburn.
A lit firework was put through a letter box in Brownlow Street. 22.10.2007
Source: "Firework house incident 'stupid'", 24.10.2007, http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.1782561.0.firework_house_incident_stupid.php
Burton.
A homeowner in King Street had to tackle a blaze after yobs pushed a lit
firework through the letterbox. 22.10.2007
Source: "Firework pushed through letterbox", 24.10.2007, http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=124378&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeId1=124522&contentPK=18761897
Bilston, Black Country. A man has been taken to hospital with breathing difficulties after a fire at his house in Church Road, which is believed to have been started by a firework. 23.10.2007
Source: "Man rescued from firework blaze", 24.10.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7059446.stm
Dumfries,
Scotland. Police have condemned the reckless use of fireworks after an incident
in Dumfries which led to a dog's death. The pet was being walked by its owner in
the Terregles area of the town when it took fright after fireworks were let off
nearby. The animal ran onto the A75, where it was struck and killed by a passing
car. 23.10.2007
Source: "Fireworks blamed for dog's death", 26.10.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7064199.stm
Fleetwood. Police were hunting for three youths after they attacked a night watchman with fireworks. The defenceless victim narrowly escaped injury in the attack at Chatsworth Avenue. 23.10.2007
Source: "Police hunt for firework yobs", 29.10.2007, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Police-hunt-for-firework-yobs.3422116.jp
Hastings.
Four people were rescued from a house at St Andrew's Square after a firework was
put through the letterbox and set fire at the front door and curtains.
23.10.2007
Source:
Four rescued from firework fire, 24.10.2007, http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/newshastings/Four-rescued-from-firework-fire.3411702.jp
"Family targetted by firework yobs", 24.10.2007, http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/479/Family-targetted-by-firework-yobs.3411702.jp
Huyton,
Merseyside county. The windows of a house were shattered and the front door was
severely damaged when an industrial strength firework was set off outside the
front door of a house on Brookwood Road. The road was taped off for a short
period in the early hours. 23.10.2007
Source:
"Firework attack on house", 23.10.2007, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/10/23/firework-attack-on-house-100252-19994895/
"Firework blast shatters windows in house", 23.10.2007, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-news/2007/10/23/firework-blast-shatters-windows-in-house-100252-19994244/
Kirkdale,
Merseyside. A boy (6) found fireworks hidden in the family home and lit one
which resulted in a fire badly damaging the ground floor. The father believes
his son lit the sparkler in the house and then panicked and accidentally threw
it into a plastic tub full of toys. The three children and her mother were taken
to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation. The fire has left
the family homeless. 23.10.2007
Source:
"Home is torched by sparkler", 25.10.2007, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article384101.ece
"Son reprimanded for sparkler fire", 24.10.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7060798.stm (à with video "Sparkler fire wrecks home")
Luton.
Firefighters rushed to a ground floor flat in the Jersey Road after someone put
a lit firework through an open window. A woman was taken to hospital suffering
from shock and smoke inhalation. 23.10.2007
Source: "'Stupid' firework prank", 24.10.2007, http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut-news/39Stupid39-firework-prank-.3412684.jp
At Gloucester Youth Court, a
15-year-old has admitted setting off a firework in the children's section of the
Newent library on October 23, 2007, because he was bored.
Source: "Bored boy, 15, lit banger in library", 10.4.2008, http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231775&contentPK=20355730&folderPk=109317&pNodeId=231889
Coseley. A terrified man almost plunged 15ft from his bedroom window in Church Road after louts set his home ablaze with a firework. He had to be treated for smoke inhalation. 24.10.2007
Source: "Terrified householder teeters on brink as arson fire rages below", 25.10.2007, http://www.firefightingnews.com/article-UK.cfm?articleID=39945
Luton.
Firefighters had to extinguish a car fire on Guernsey Close, after a firework
was thrown through the rear window. 25.10.2007
Source: "Firework causes car blaze", 31.10.2007, http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut-news/Firework-causes-car-blaze.3429545.jp
Merseyside.
A woman was in Shoe Concept in St Johns Precinct with her daughter (10) when a
device exploded repeatedly at their feet. The firework went off 30 to 40 times
and filled the store with smoke, leaving shopworkers and customers cowering in
terror. 25.10.2007
Source: "City shop firework terror for girl", 31.10.2007, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/10/31/city-shop-firework-terror-for-girl-100252-20035649/
Pleasley.
Thugs are believed to have thrown fireworks into a sports car before it exploded
into a fireball. 25.10.2007
Source: "Sports car exploded into fireball", 30.10.2007, http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Sports-car-exploded-into-fireball.3426918.jp
Binley
Woods. A garage has being set alight, after a fireworks was thrown into the
premises in Elm Close. 26.10.2007
Source: "Firework prank nearly sets house on fire", 30.10.2007, http://www.rugbytoday.co.uk/news/Firework-prank-nearly-sets-house.3429326.jp
Guildford.
A house in Fir Tree Road narrowly avoided being burnt down after a lit firework
was pushed through its letterbox. Damage: about £500. 26.10.2007
Source: "Teens post lit firework through door", 31.10.2007, http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2017/2017089/teens_post_lit_firework_through_door
High
Wycombe. A 91-year-old man from Ash Road has been attacked by firework wielding
arsonists while he slept. There was a fire at his front door, which had started
after a firework was pushed through his letterbox. The man was treated for smoke
inhalation. 26.10.2007
Source: "Pensioner targeted by arsonists", 30.10.2007, http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/display.var.1796856.0.0.php
A traumatised dog has been prescribed tranquillisers after it ripped a door apart in a bid to escape from exploding fireworks. Petrified Chinook, an Alaskan malamute, was so spooked that he tried to get through a cat flap, splitting his mouth and wrecking the back door. 27.10.2007
Source: "Fireworks send pet dog berserk", 30.10.2007, http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.179713.0.fireworks_send_pet_dog_berserk.php
Norwich.
Fire crews believe a lit firework may have been posted inside the Royal Mail box
which is near to Elizabeth The Florists in Unthank Road. 27.10.2007
Source: "City post box set on fire", 28.10.2007, http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED28%20Oct%202007%2009%3A45%3A46%3A593
Preston.
A mum was showered with broken glass when a lit firework smashed through the
window of her home in Miller Road, Ribbleton. The explosive five-inch rocket
then set fire a bed. 27.10.2007
Source:
"Mum hurt in firework attack", 28.10.2007, http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Mum-hurt-in-firework-attack.3422798.jp
"Firework in house causes damage", 29.10.2007, http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1793953.0.firework_in_house_causes_damage.php
Rugby.
A house in Wood Street was nearly set on fire after a firework was posted
through a letterbox. The firework set fire to the rug. 27.10.2007
Source: "Firework prank nearly sets house on fire", 30.10.2007, http://www.rugbytoday.co.uk/news/Firework-prank-nearly-sets-house.3429326.jp
A City scout hut was damaged in a blaze after yobs targeted the building with fireworks. 28.10.2007
Source: "Fireworks yobs start blaze at scout hut", 29.10.2007, http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=202847&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232187&home=yes&more_nodeId1=148317&contentPK=18807478
Robertsbridge,
East Sussex. Heather Mills' recent £10,000 firework display to celebrate her
daughter's fourth birthday, scared her neighbour's dog to death, the pooch's
owner has claimed. Sandra Rowbury says her five-year-old healthy Weimaraner
bitch "Glow" was terrified by the loud explosions and suffered a
fatally bloated gut. Rowbury claims the 20-minute display – which animal
rights activist Heather failed to warn fellow residents about – also caused 15
of her horses to stampede in terror.
Source:
"Mucca
'scared my dog to death'", 30.10.2007, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article403011.ece
"Mills' fireworks blamed for neighbour's dog death", 30.10.2007, http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/mills%20fireworks%20blamed%20for%20neighbours%20dog%20death_1048293
"Heather Mills kills dog", 30.10.2007, http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Heather+Mills-18251.html
Millom.
Police are hunting vandals who used industrial strength fireworks to cause
thousands of pounds worth of damage. Windows were shattered at homes on Newton
Street and a passenger shelter at Millom train station was damaged by fireworks.
28.10.2007
Source: "Firework blitz", 31.10.2007, http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=559227
Teversham.
Murphy, a one-year-old Rottweiler-cross, was in the garden when rockets were set
off in the nearby recreation ground. The terrified dog managed to climb a
five-foot high gate and escaped. 28.10.2007
Source: "Fireworks scare off dog", 1.11.2007, http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2007/11/01/816dfe78-44b6-4b17-aaf1-028aba538229.lpf
Wiltshire. A firework was thrown through the letterbox of a house in Denholm Road, Park South, while a family was sleeping. It went right through to the kitchen and the place filled up with smoke. 28.10.2007
Source: "Firework was thrown through letterbox", 29.10.2007, http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1791888.0.firework_was_thrown_through_letterbox.php
England. A man caught preparing to send a rocket
firework through his mother's letterbox on October 29, 2007, has been jailed and
branded a danger to the public. The man (22) was seen by police crouching by the
door holding the rocket and a cigarette lighter. His mother has ejected him
after he turned up at her home drunk.
The judge jailed the man for 14 months but made him
subject to recall to prison for the next 26 months after determining that he
posed a danger to the public.
Source: "Rocket menace targeted his mum", 10.1.2008, http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=161366&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232790&home=yes&more_nodeId1=161375&contentPK=19504999
Bolton.
A man in Halloween fancy dress exploded a firework containing up to 200 rockets
inside the California Wines shop on Tonge Moor Road. The shopkeeper kicked the
firework into the shop's porch where it was contained until it went out. His
15-month-old son, who was in the flat above the shop, was taken to hospital as a
precaution after vomiting due to smoke inhalation. The fireworks was doused by
firefighters to make it safe. 29.10.2007
Source:
"Baby
escapes firework horror", 31.10.2007, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1022339_baby_escapes_firework_horror
"Baby hurt by firework lit in shop+, 31.10.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7071486.stm
"Baby survives firework ordeal", 31.10.2007, http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/crime/baby-survives-firework-ordeal-$1159387.htm
"Heavy-duty
firework tossed into U.K. store", 31.10.2007, http://www.keyetv.com/content/entertainment/watercooler/story.aspx?content_id=7f46108b-ea00-4eec-9c02-1d1ce9b772c1
"Yob
blasts 200 rockets in offie", 31.10.2007, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article412838.ece
(Watch the video of the rocket attack, taken by a security camera, here)
"Man
sets off fireworks in UK store", 1.11.2007, http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Story/tabid/209/articleID/38205/Default.aspx
(Watch the video of the rocket attack, taken by a security camera, here)
"Shop
firework had 500 explosives", 7.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7082430.stm
(with video)
Bridgwater.
A woman was in the back yard of her home when she claims a rocket called a
Missile Strike came over from a nearby estate and hit her on her nose – only
centimetres away from her eyes. 29.10.2007
Source: "Bridgewater woman has firework fury", 5.11.2007, http://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/bmnewsbridgwater/display.var.1810479.0.bridgwater_woman_has_firework_fury.php
Teesside.
A train conductor suffered a minor leg injury and scorching to his clothing when
a lit firework was thrown at him on a platform at Thornaby Station. 29.10.2007
Source:
"Firework thrown at rail conductor", 1.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/7072894.stm
"Train conductor hurt in firework attack", 2.11.2007, http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2007/11/02/train-conductor-hurt-in-firework-attack-84229-20050894/
"Train conductor
attacked with firework", 27.11.2007, http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1861786.0.train_conductor_attacked_with_firework.php
East
Ham. A dustcart crew were forced to dump the vehicle's load on High Street North
after it was set ablaze by firework-throwing yobs. The entire load was dumped to
stop the blaze spreading into the main section of waste. 30.10.2007
Source:
"Dustcart fire drama", 7.11.2007, http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED07%20Nov%202007%2010%3A56%3A01%3A570
Tyneside.
Yobs set off fireworks rockets at a fire crew from West Denton, Newscastle,
called out to a bonfire in a field off Roundhill Avenue, Blakelaw. The fireworks
exploded just feet away from the crew. 30.10.2007
Source:
"Fireworks
explode feet away from emergency team", 31.10.2007, http://www.firefightingnews.com/article-UK.cfm?articleID=40340
"Yobs attack 999 crew with rockets", 30.10.2007, http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2007/10/30/yobs-attack-999-crew-with-rockets-72703-20032121/
Blackpool.
Firefighters were called to Beardshaw Avenue in Revoe after trick-or-treaters
put a firework through the door of a home while two 15-month-old-babies were
asleep inside. 31.10.2007
Source:
"Firework
'bomb' scare", 2.11.2007, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Firework-39bomb39-scare.3442171.jp
"Horror as firework thrown into shop", 6.11.2007, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Horror-as-firework-thrown-into.3446438.jp
Bo'ness,
Scotland. A firework was tossed into a store in Cadzow Avenue and half
an hour later another explosive was thrown through the bathroom window of a
house in Gauze Place. 31.10.2007
Source:
"Firework attack on house and shop", 31.10.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7070700.stm
Headington,
Oxford. A family-of-four were asleep when yobs threw a firework inside their
home in Ramsay Road, setting their kitchen alight. The family were woken by a
smoke alarm. 31.10.2007
Source: "Family escape firework blaze", http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1803979.0.family_escape_firework_blaze.php
|
"Firework blaze pair spared jail", 11.7.2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7502026.stm: Oxford. Two teenager (19, 18) started a fire by pushing a firework through the letter box of a home in Ramsay Road October 31, 2007, while a family of four slept upstairs. The older admitted reckless arson, while the younger was found guilty of the charge in June 2008. The judge gave the older 300 hours and the younger 240 hours unpaid community service plus they are placed under a night-time curfew for six months and ordered to each pay £5,000 to the victims. |
Kempsey.
A house in Windmill Lane had a firework posted through the letterbox. The blast
ripped a hole in a door curtain and damaged the door. 31.10.2007
Source: "Family's firework terror on trick and treat night", 1.11.2007, http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1803559.mostviewed.familys_firework_terror_on_trick_and_treat_night.php
Lanehead.
A rogue firework caused an explosion and severe damage inside of a van parked in
Chingford Bank. 31.10.2007
Source: "Firework causes van explosion", 1.11.2007, http://www.burnleyexpress.net/burnley-news/Firework-causes-van-explosion.3435178.jp
Llanelli,
Wales. A teenager (19) has been charged with throwing a firework in the
street. 31.10.2007
Source: "Man charged over hurled firework", 31.10.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7071572.stm
Preston.
A firework in a drain sparked the evacuation of a house in St Thomas Road in
Deepdale, when its basement filled with smoke. 31.10.2007
Source: "Firework sparks alert", 31.10.2007, http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Firework-sparks-alert.3431394.jp
Shard
End.
Firefighters narrowly escaped being seriously injured or killed after a
Halloween booby trap made up of fireworks and a gas cylinder was deliberately
hidden inside a bonfire. The LPG cylinder exploded as firefighters were tackling
the blazing bonfire on Gilwell Road playing field, but it narrowly
missed crew members. 31.10.2007
Source: " Firefighters have lucky escape", 1.11.2007, http://www.firefightingnews.com/article-UK.cfm?articleID=40405
Sheldon.
A youth threw a lit display firework into McDonald's restaurant in Coventry
Road, forcing customers and staff to dive for cover. 31.10.2007
Source: "Firefighters have lucky escape", 1.11.2007, http://www.firefightingnews.com/article-UK.cfm?articleID=40405
Watford.
Officers were called to a group of teenagers throwing lit fireworks at
passers-by on Radlett Road. When officers arrived, they too were targeted by the
yobs who continued to aim rockets in the direction of their patrol car – one
of which hit its target. 31.10.2007
Source:
"Yobs threw fireworks at police", 1.11.2007, http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1802626.0.yobs_threw_fireworks_at_police.php
Worcester.
A family were woken by "an almighty bang" when a firework was pushed through
their letterbox. 31.10.2007
Source: "Family's firework terror on trick and treat night", 1.11.2007, http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1803559.mostviewed.familys_firework_terror_on_trick_and_treat_night.php
East
Sussex. Seven parking meters were hit in the past week and all were wrecked by
rook-scarer fireworks. Damage: nearly £6,000. 1.-6.11.2007
Source: "Seven parking meters blasted during Bonfire", 8.11.2007, http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/Seven-parking-meters-blasted-during.3458196.jp
Bexhill,
East Sussex.
A firework was launched into a packed playground at Bexhill High School in Down
Road, exploding right next to four 15-year-old boys. One was left almost totally
deaf, another was partially blinded, a third suffered third degree burns and the
fourth boy suffered cuts across the back of the neck. 1.11.2007
Source:
"Bexhill High firework terror", 2.11.2007, http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/Bexhill-High-firework-terror.3442240.jp
"Schoolboys hurt by thrown
firework", 5.11.2007, http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/latest-south-east-news/Schoolboys-hurt-by-thrown-firework.3444667.jp
Cimla.
Firework pranksters are putting lives at risk by firing rockets near a block of
council flats.
Source: "Firework pranksters aim rockets at flats", 1.11.2007, http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/neath/2007/11/01/firework-pranksters-aim-rockets-at-flats-91466-20033031/
Cuminestown,
Aberdeenshire. Fireworks may be to blame after two greenhouses belonging to
elderly people were set alight. 1.11.2007
Source: "Fires 'caused by firework misuse'", 2.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7074901.stm
Hampton
Magna. Vandals opened the Budbrooke Primary School's 'meteorological centre' and placed
a lit
firework inside, which then exploded and destroyed the equipment. 1.11.2007
Source: "Vandals ruin children's weather box", 9.11.2007, http://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/newsl/Vandals-ruin-childrens-weather-box.3454637.jp
Knotty
Ash. A missile hit the side of a car in Thomas Lane with a couple and a boy
inside it.
Glass shattered and covered the five-year-old boy.
Source: "Mischief Night pipe bomb attack on family car", 1.11.2007, http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=mischief-night-pipe-bomb-attack-on-family-car&method=full&objectid=20044936&siteid=50061-name_page.html
Lewes.
Two parking meters suffered substantial damage after fireworks believed to have
been attached to them were set off. 1.11.2007
Source: "More attacks on parking meters", 2.11.2007, http://www.theargus.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1806899.mostviewed.more_attacks_on_parking_meters.php
Middleton. Shortly after the start of the Middleton's
annual fireworks display at Bowlee Community Park one of the fireworks exploded
at ground level injuring one of the professional operators. 1.11.2007
Source: "Accident cancels fireworks display", 4.11.2007, http://www.middletonguardian.co.uk/news/s/420593_accident_cancels_fireworks_display
Stonehouse,
Plymouth. Yobs
had pushed a firework through the letterbox to a woman's (20) flat in Eleanor
House, in George Place. She was able to kick the firework out of her door before
the fire really took hold. Her clothes caught fire and so did some of the carpet.
Her father (38) and her seven-week-old baby were both in the flat. All three escaped and were
treated for smoke inhalation following the arson attack. 1.11.2007
Source: "'You could have killed my baby'", 3.11.2007, http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=181429&command=displayContent&sourceNode=229968&home=yes&more_nodeId1=133174&contentPK=18859913
England.
More than 400 terrified birds endured over six hours of torture each day, from
Friday to Monday, after the half-a-mile firework exclusion zone surounding the
Norden sanctuary was flouted.
The
zone ruling, which can lead to prosecution for anyone caught causing distress to
a wild animal or bird, was introduced six years ago to protect the sanctuary
after 12 birds were frightened to death by loud bangs and exploding rockets.
2.-5.11.2007
Source: "Firework 'torture' of sanctuary birds", 6.11.2007, http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1023044_firework_torture_of_sanctuary_birds
Blackpool.
A powerful device shattered the windows of a house in Exchange
Street, North Shore. 2.11.2007
Source: "Firework 'bomb' scare, 2.11.2007, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Firework-39bomb39-scare.3442171.jp
Blackpool.
A shop owner (46) was near the counter in Sunnies Sunbed Shop on Westmorland
Avenue, Central Blackpool, when a lit firework grazed his leg and exploded at
the back of the shop, filling the shop with smoke. 2.11.2007
Source: "Horror as firework thrown into shop", 6.11.2007, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Horror-as-firework-thrown-into.3446438.jp
Carshalton.
Yobs posted fireworks through the letter box of council offices. 2.11.2007
Source: "Youths threw fireworks through letter box", 3.11.2007, http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/suttonnews/display.var.1807590.0.youths_threw_fireworks_through_letter_box.php
Collingbourne
Kingston. Neighbours who saw a firework land on the roof of a thatched 15th
century cottage, helped save it from a fire. 2.11.2007
Source:
"Firework causes thatched cottage blaze", 3.11.2007, http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/display.var.1807881.0.firework_causes_thatched_cottage_blaze.php
Guernsey.
Police are searching for a gang who attacked a man. The victim (45) suffered
facial injures and bruised ribs after being assaultet at Mont Morin, St
Sampson's. He asked a group to stop letting off fireworks in nearby Delancey
Park at about 8.15pm. 2.11.2007
Source: "Firework gang batter man with bike helmet", 5.11.2007, http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/shownewsarticle.pl?ArticleID=002900
Hartlepool.
A terror mob hurled a firework into a shop and recorded the explosion on their
mobile phones. Two women shop assistants were behind the counter at the Bungalow
Stores, in Stratford Road, when the attack happened. They were left shocked. The
explosion set a stack of toilet roles on fire and filled the shop with smoke. 2.11.2007
Source: "Firework yobs filmed shop attack", 7.11.2007, http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Firework-terror-attack-on-shop.3451686.jp
Hereford.
A dog was left traumatised after a firework was lit and thrown into the garden
of a property. The animal was not injured but she was left very frightened by
the experience. 2.11.2007
Source: "Few incidents reported over bonfire night", 5.11.2007, http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/latest/display.var.1807945.0.few_incidents_reported_over_bonfire_night.php
Lewes.
A fireworks found underneath a car was not attached to the vehicle, bomb
disposal experts found out. 2.11.2007
Source: "Bomb disposal experts called after fireworks scare", 2.11.2007, http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1805792.0.bomb_disposal_experts_called_after_fireworks_scare.php
Newcastle.
A firefighter saved his own baby daughter (1) after a firework flew through her
bedroom window in Redewood Close, Slatyford, landing just feet away from her cot.
The rocket, which had been tied to a banger and fired through a tube from a
nearby block of flats, had landed on the carpet, scorching the floor and filling
the room with smoke. 2.11.2007
Source:
"Baby girl saved from firework in bedroom", 3.11.2007, http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2007/11/03/baby-girl-saved-from-firework-in-bedroom-72703-20055998/
"Baby escapes home firework blast", 3.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7076797.stm
"Fireman dad rescues baby", 5.11.2007, http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2007/11/05/fireman-dad-rescues-baby-61634-20061181/
Shirley.
A high-powered firework creashed throug a couple's conservatory roof and
landed just feet away from the husband. The device was still erupting showers of
sparks but the man tried to put it out. A hole the size of a dinner plate was
left in the roof. Damage £100-£150. 2.11.2007
Source: "'Rocket blasted a hole in our roof'", 7.11.2007, http://icsolihull.icnetwork.co.uk/news/local/tm_headline=rocket-blasted-a-hole-in-our-roof&method=full&objectid=20075558&siteid=91411-name_page.html
Wye,
Kent. Two dwarf lop-eared rabbits were taken from a cage in a garden in Bridge
Street. A lit firework was attached to one of the rabbits. The firework exploded,
killing the rabbit. 2.11.2007
Source: "RSPCA blasts Virgin advert as terrorised terrapin is tied to lit firework", 9.11.2007, http://www.politics.co.uk/press-releases/opinion-former-index/transport/rspca-blasts-virgin-advert-as-terrorised-terrapin-tied-lit-firework-$481280.htm
Accrington.
A powerful firework was fired at a window in a house in
Bold Street. A woman (46) was left
terrified by the incident and was lucky that the explosive did not break through
her double glazed window (just the outer pane of glass was smashed). 3.11.2007
Source: "Firework fired at mother's house", http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.1807952.0.firework_fired_at_mothers_house.php
Albrighton.
A man (53) is seriously ill in hospital (suffering from smoke inhalation) after
yobs put a firework through the letter box of his home in Abney Avenue.
3.11.2007
Source: "Horror fall at bonfire", 5.11.2007, http://www.expressandstar.com/2007/11/05/horror-fall-at-bonfire/
Bisley.
Two children (8) suffered leg injuries after being hit by a misguided firework.
The accident happened at Bisley recreation ground when a firework during a
public display malfunctioned and shot sideways into the crowd rather than
straight into the air. 3.11.2007
Source: "Display firework injures children", 5.11.2007, http://www.woking.co.uk/news/2017/2017355/display_firework_injures_children
Bolton.
A boy (5) had been watching the fireworks with his family and neighbours in
Singleton Avenue, Breightmet, when one of the fireworks toppled over and hit him.
He was taken to hospital with burns to his left hand and hip. 3.11.2007
Source: "Boy burned as petrol sets his shorts ablaze", 5.11.2007, http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1808899.mostviewed.boy_burned_as_petrol_sets_his_shorts_ablaze.php
Bradley
Green. A teenage girl (16) suffered serious head injuries after her horse bolted
and she was thrown off on Flying Horse Lane. 3.11.2007
Source: "Horse spooked by firework", 5.11.2007, http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/display.var.1809642.0.horse_spooked_by_firework.php
Bristol.
Three people have been injured after a large rocket misfired and landed in the
crowd during a public firework display on the Clifton Downs. Those hurt had been
standing outside the official display area. 3.11.2007
Source: "Three injured by 'rogue' firework", 5.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7077549.stm
Burley-in-Wharfedale.
As a Bonfire Night celebration organiser lit the first firework of the
Burley-in-Wharfedale Guide and Scout bonfire display, the rogue firework going
off earlier than it should. The blast smashed his protective visor. He suffered burns to the left side of his face,
his ears, his chin and lip, part of his hair and his left eye-brow. 3.11.2007
Source: "Fireworks man has lucky escape", 7.11.2007, http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.1816804.0.fireworks_man_has_lucky_escape.php
Cardiff,
Wales.
A family have been terrorised by yobs setting off fireworks outside their home in
Graham Walk, Canton. The fireworks have damaged their car, parket outside,
scorching the glass.
Source: "Firework gang making life a misery for family", 3.11.2007, http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2007/11/03/firework-gang-making-life-a-misery-for-family-91466-20056113/
Kidlington.
Crews tackled a firework shoved through the letterbox at the Black Bull pub.
3.11.2007
Source: "Fire crews enjoy a quiet Bonfire Night", 7.11.2007, http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1817052.0.fire_crews_enjoy_a_quiet_bonfire_night.php
Longton.
A firework burned down a garden shed during a family firework display in Gill
Lane. 3.11.2007
Source: "Bonfire madness sparks fury", 4.11.2007, http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Bonfire-madness-plagues-fire-crews.3443586.jp
Masterson.
Fireworks have been blamed for a fire at the Ucol campus that a pair of passing
College pupils (16, 17) doused. Fireworks were found burnt out in the centre of
a blackened flax bush at the centre of the blaze. 3.11.2007
Source: "College students douse Ucol bush fire", 7.11.2007, http://times-age.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3754483&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Potton.
Three people suffered minor injuries after a firework shot into the crowd during
en event at St Mary's Church. 3.11.2007
Source: "Five hurt by rogue fireworks", 9.11.2007, http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/Five-hurt-by-rogue-fireworks.3462010.jp
Wolverhampton.
A
woman (52) suffered serious burns after a firework launched correctly in Ribbesford Avenue,
Oxley, came straight back down and hit her in the chest. 3.11.2007
Source: "Horror fall at bonfire", 5.11.2007, http://www.expressandstar.com/2007/11/05/horror-fall-at-bonfire/
Pendle.
One fire-fighter was hit by a heavy but "dead" firework thrown by a youth,
while a patrol accompanying the police had fireworks fired towards it.
3./4.11.2007
Source: "Police and fire-fighters under firework attack", 8.11.2007, http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/nelson-news/Police-and-firefighters-under-firework.3457782.jp
Accrington.
Firefighters came under attack from firework-throwing yobs as they attempted to
put out a blaze. The crew had powerful rockets hurled at them after attending
reports of a rubbish fire in Steiner Street. 4.11.2007
Source: "Firefighters come under 'firework attack'", 5.11.2007, http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1808782.mostviewed.firefighters_come_under_firework_attack.php
Ipswich.
BBC Radio Suffolk breakfast presenter Mark Murphy (43) was with his family in
his garden when a firework misfired and hit him in the face. 4.11.2007
Source: "Presenter hit by firework", 6.11.2007, http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED06%20Nov%202007%2007%3A00%3A36%3A073
Longsight.
A boy (13) was taken to hospital after a firework exploded in his face.
4.11.2007
Source: "Firefighters in 1,700 call outs", 5.11.2007, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1022898_firefighters_in_1700_call_outs
Millom.
Hundreds
of pounds worth of damage was caused to a car on Rottington Road after 10
fireworks were taped together and thrown inside. 4.11.2007
Source:
"Firework vandals", 8.11.2007, http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=561984
"Crackdown on firework yobs", 6.11.2007, http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=561459
Pensnett,
Brierley Hill, West Midlands. At the Fens Pool Nature Reserve, a six-month-old
foal had to be put down after a firework spooked it, causing it to bolt and
break its ankle. 4.11.2007
Source:
"Firework leads to death of foal", 9.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7087055.stm
"RSPCA blasts Virgin advert as terrorised terrapin is tied to lit firework", 9.11.2007, http://www.politics.co.uk/press-releases/opinion-former-index/transport/rspca-blasts-virgin-advert-as-terrorised-terrapin-tied-lit-firework-$481280.htm
Scunthorpe.
A man went out to his caravan to find a firework rocket had shot through the
roof and burned a hole in the carpet. The van had been parked just 6ft from his
home in Austin Crescent. 4.11.2007
Source: "Rocket shocker for caravan owners", 8.11.2007, http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=152553&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232468&home=yes&more_nodeId1=152562&contentPK=18904178
A student was treated for minor burns after being hit by a firewok at a bonfire
display organised by Leeds Jewish Society. Organisers claimed that the accident
had been caused by a student throwing into the fire a live firework they had
believed to be spent. 5.11.2007
Source: "Anger over 'apartheid wall' stunt", 9.11.2007, http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18&SecId=18&AId=56552&ATypeId=1
Bispham.
Quite a large firework landed in the garden, bounced and hit the back door of a
garage in Washington Avenue which was open. The resulting explosion from the
firework caused the damage. The garage and the car inside were destroyed.
5.11.2007
Source: "Eight crews tackle inferno at barn", 6.11.2007, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Eight-crews-tackle-inferno-at.3447099.jp
Boston. A fire was reported in a play area in a park known at
'The Pit'
in Elizabeth Road. It is believed a firework was set off close to the green
tunnel at the play area, causing it to ignite. 5.11.2007
Source: "Police investigating 'firework damage'", 7.11.2007, http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/Police-investigating-39firework-damage39.3450978.jp
Bradford.
The bar of the Westleigh Hotel on Easby Road was full of customers when a Roman
candle-type firework was thrown in, causing scorch damage to furniture but
fortunately injuring nobody.
Within
an hour another firework device was hurled into the building, starting a fire
which had to be extinguished. 5.11.2007
Source: "Firework attack on hotel", 6.11.2007, http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsindex/display.var.1813660.0.firework_attack_on_hotel.php
Bradford.
Firefighters stopped a kitchen fire in a house in Boynton Street, West Bowling,
getting out of control after a firework was found alight on the floor.
Firefighters suspect the firework was pushed through the letterbox.
5.11.2007
Source: "Firework starts fire in kitchen", 6.11.2007, http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsindex/display.var.1813742.0.firework_starts_fire_in_kitchen.php
Breightmet.
When a mother and her son were sitting outside at a neighbour's house,
a firework fell over and exploded
in their direction. The firework burnt through the five-year-old's clothes and
the coat of the woman. His skin was hanging off and the burning could be smelled.
Source: "Five-year-old left screaming in pain after being hit by firework", 5.11.2007, http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1809829.0.fiveyearold_left_screaming_in_pain_after_being_hit_by_firework.php
Brookside.
Two
men were arrested for trying to launch fireworks at police officers
on Carlisle's Raffles housing estate. 5.11.2007
Source:
"Firework attacks on post boxes", 7.11.2007, http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=561472
Budleigh
Salterton. Firefighters were called to a blaze in the porch of a house in
Moormead. It was caused by a firework which set rubbish alight which had been
left out for collection. 5.11.2007
Source: "Revellers are blamed for gorse fire", 7.11.2007, http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=142325&command=displayContent&sourceNode=142320&contentPK=18892261&folderPk=80024&pNodeId=142330
Carfax
in Oxford. Fire crews were alerted to reports of a box of fireworks on fire.
5.11.2007
Source: "Fire crews enjoy a quiet Bonfire Night", 7.11.2007, http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1817052.0.fire_crews_enjoy_a_quiet_bonfire_night.php
Crieff,
Scotland. A girl (8) sustained an injury to the face after being hit by a
firework at the organised firework display in the Market Park. 5.11.2007
Source: "Kids hurt during firework displays", 9.11.2007, http://icperthshire.icnetwork.co.uk/perthshireadvertiser/news/tm_headline=kids-hurt-during-firework-displays&method=full&objectid=20086685&siteid=88886-name_page.html
Dalry.
A firework was deliberately put through the window of a flat in Murieston Place,
causing a small fire in a bathroom.
5.11.2007
Source: "City widow targeted by thugs with fireworks", 6.11.2007, http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1765252007
Devon.
Fireworks caused a massive blaze at a beauty spot. 48 firefighters and six
appliances battled the fire on gorse land near the Estuary car park on Woodbury
Common. 5.11.2007
Source: "Fireworks cause beauty spot blaze", 6.11.2007, http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=136993&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231418&home=yes&more_nodeId1=137002&contentPK=18882577
Edinburgh,
Scotland. A group of youths shot fireworks at one crew as they dealt
with a bonfire in West Pilton Drive. 5.11.2007
Source: "Thugs hunted after fire crews face hail of bricks", 7.11.2007, http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1770512007
Fareham.
At a house in Titchfield Common, a boy (8) was hit in the neck and left side of
his body by a firework and suffered burns. 5.11.2007