2009
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
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
2008
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
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/
Carfin,
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/
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
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/
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=
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
Source:
"Boy, 8, hit by firework", 6.11.2007, http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/hampshirenews/display.var.1810998.0.boy_8_hit_by_firework.php
Glasgow,
Scotland. A 15-year-old suffered a burn to his hand from a firework in
Acre Road, Maryhill. 5.11.2007
Source: "What a blast!", 6.11.2007, http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1811546.0.what_a_blast.php
Greenacres.
A couple woke in the night to find a lit, foot-long rocket had been shoved
through their letterbox. The firework exploded in the hallway, bouncing off
walls and flying upstairs to leave ahole in the hallway ceiling and burn the
carpet. The hallway and the house were badly smoke-damaged. 5.11.2007
Source: "Rocket attack horror", 6.11.2007, http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=561378
Halifax.
Police were called to disperce teenagers who shouted abuse, hurled stones and
fireworks at the fire engine and police in Back Gerrard Street, off Gibbet
Street. 5.11.2007
Source: "Fire crew on Bonfire Night duty pelted with missiles", 6.11.2007, http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Fire-crew-on-Bonfire-Night.3447388.jp
Holyrood
Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. A stray firework sparked a blaze on Arthur's Seat
for the second year in a row, destroying a large area of gorse. 5.11.2007
Source:
"Thugs hunted after fire crews face hail of bricks", 7.11.2007, http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1770512007
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. When a father lit
a firework in his garden in Shortlees, the firework fell over and shot down the
garden, hitting his son (2) in the neck. The boy had to have skin grafts taken
from his thigh and he'll have to wear a special Lycra top for months to help his
skin heal and to reduce the scarring.
Source: "Fireworks agony of brave Dylan. Dad wants ban on sales after horror", 27.11.2007, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2007/11/27/fireworks-agony-of-brave-dylan-86908-20165744/
Kingsthorpe.
A fireworks display at The Sunnyside pub in Boughton Green Road went wrong when
three or four rockets were accidentally fired into a crowd of hundreds of
spectators. A boy (10) was hit in the face by a stray firework. 5.11.2007
Source:
"
Investigation as fireworks fall into pub crowd", 7.11.2007, http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Investigation-as-fireworks-fall-into.3450066.jp
" Boy, 10, hit in face by firework", 9.11.2007, http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Boy-10-hit-in-face.3460331.jp
Liverpool.
Officers from the Matrix team were on patrol when they saw a group of yobs
terrorising an elderly man in his home with fireworks. 5.11.2007
Source: "Search leads police to machine gun", 7.11.2007, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/11/07/search-leads-police-to-machine-gun-100252-20075152/
Liverpool.
A council-organised firework at Walton Hall Park display was stopped three
minutes after the fireworks began when
the
spectators were showered with hot ash and soot blown
by high winds. Onlookers ran for cover and dozens of children were treated by St
John's ambulance first aiders.
Source: "Terrified kids flee fireworks", 6.11.2007, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/11/06/terrified-kids-flee-fireworks-100252-20068712/
Mansfield. A metre-long firework crashed through a
woman's bungalow roof on Gordondale Road. 5.11.2007
Source: "Firework crashes through the roof", 14.11.2007, http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Firework-crashes-through-the-roof.3469736.jp
Mid
Bedfordshire (Mid Beds). Five people, including two children (3 and 6), were
injured by rogue fireworks at a fireworks display at Langford Lower School.
5.11.2007
Source: "Five hurt by rogue fireworks", 9.11.2007, http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/Five-hurt-by-rogue-fireworks.3462010.jp
Morpeth.
Fireworks related calls, received by North East Ambulance Service on November 5,
were for the following incidents:
-
Firework thrown
through a window
-
A firework put
through a letterbox causing a house fire
-
Four year child
hit by a firework
-
Female hit by a
firework
Source: "Quiet bonfire night for mercy crews", 6.11.2007, http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/Quiet-bonfire-night-for-mercy.3447798.jp
New
Hampshire. Hooligans have caused thousands of pounds of damage by breaking into
public conveniences across the New Forest and jamming giant fireworks in the
toilets. The toilet bowls were "blown to pieces" when the rockets went off.
5.11.2007
Source: "Fireworks were used to blow up public toilets", 6.11.2007, http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/latest/display.var.1811830.0.fireworks_were_used_to_blow_up_public_toilets.php
North
Shields. A girl (9) was left "hysterical" after a firework blasted through
the bathroom window of her family's home on Didcot Avenue, Meadow Well, while
she was in the bath. 5.11.2007
Source:
"Firework incident probed", 6.11.2007, http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/breaking-news/2007/11/06/firework-incident-probed-61634-20069942/
"Rocket terror for girl, nine in her bath", 7.11.2007, http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2007/11/07/rocket-terror-for-girl-nine-in-her-bath-61634-20072343/
Paisley,
Scotland. Police had to be called in to protect firefighters when they
were attacked by yobs armed with explosive rockets while tackling a dangerous
bonfire at St Ninians Crescent. The mindless thugs launched fireworks at the
mercy crew after they had been lured to an illegal bonfire. 5.11.2007
Source: "Rocket yobs attack fire crew. Cops called to provide protection", 7.11.2007, http://icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk/pde/news/tm_headline=rocket-yobs-attack-fire-crew&method=full&objectid=20076127&siteid=63858-name_page.html
Perth.
A boy (6) sustained burns to his chest and neck when he was accidentally struck
by a firework during a family firework display in Malvina Court. 5.11.2007
Source:
"Fireworks: Boys hurt in Bonfire Night incidents", 6.11.2007, http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1812600.0.0.php
"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
Preston.
Someone hurled a lit firework into the Callon Stores, Waldon Street, on the
Callon estate. The man who runs the shop "saw the lad roll it in and tried to
shut the door to keep it out but then it went off. It hit the step by the door
and bounced up into the roof and caught fire.". 5.11.2007
Source:
"Busy Bonfire days for firefighters", 6.11.2007, http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1813563.0.busy_bonfire_days_for_firefighters.php
"Yob throws firework into shop (with CCTV footage)", 6.11.2007, http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Yob-throw-firework-into-shop.3447069.jp
Ramsbottom.
A stray firework caused a blaze which threatened to destroy a row of shops and
flats. Several residents were evacuated from first floor apartments and a block
of four shops beneath became heavily smoke logged when a fire broke out in an
adjoining outbuilding in Square Street. 5.11.2007
Source: "Stray firework sparks blaze in Ramsbottom", 6.11.2007, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1811025.0.stray_firework_sparks_blaze_in_ramsbottom.php
Weymouth.
A stray firework destroyed a shed in Dorchester Road. 5.11.2007
Source: "Night of fires and fireworks", 6.11.2007, http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1811468.0.night_of_fires_and_fireworks.php
Weymouth.
Three crews tackled a shed fire caused by a stray firework in Chickerell Road.
The building was completely destroyed. 5.11.207
Source: "Night of fires and fireworks", 6.11.2007, http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1811468.0.night_of_fires_and_fireworks.php
Willowbrae.
A widow had her windows smashed by a mob of 30 youths after they let off a
barrage of 500 fireworks outside her front door. The gang set off the rockets in
the stairwell of the widow's block in Meadowfield Drive. 5.11.2007
Source: "City widow targeted by thugs with fireworks", 6.11.2007, http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1765252007
Wrexham.
In
a garden in Rutland Road, a turtle was found, taped to a rocket-type firework
with tape.
Source:
"Turtle firework cruelty condemned", 9.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/7086894.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
Wythall. A man, who was in charge of setting some of
the fireworks off at the bonfire night celebrations, was hit in the face by a
firework. 5.11.2007
Source: "Man hit in face by firework", 20.11.2007, http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/ranewslatest/display.var.1846516.0.man_hit_in_face_by_firework.php
Boston,
Lincolnshire. A telephone kiosk in Eastwood Road was damaged by what police
believe was the use of a firework being set off inside. 6.11.2007
Source: "Police investigating 'firework damage'", 7.11.2007, http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/Police-investigating-39firework-damage39.3450978.jp
Brighton.
A firework came through an open window of a house in Kimberley Road. The second
floor bedroom was gutted and the rest of the two storey building suffered smoke
and heat damage following the blaze. 6.11.2007
Source: "Lucky escape after firework launched into house", 7.11.2007, http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1814387.0.lucky_escape_after_firework_launched_into_house.php
Farnworth.
A mother, her two children and a teenage neighbour escaped injury after a
firework was thrown through a window in Lonsdale Grove. The firework
set light to the arm of a chair the neighbour was sitting on. 6.11.2007
Source: "Firework thrown into living room", 7.11.2007, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1814321.0.firework_thrown_into_living_room.php
Fleetwood's
iconic Mount Pavilion was severely damaged by fire. It is believed the fire was
started by a firework after someone forced up a steel shutter and then smashed a
window. Heavy smoke damage also affected the first-floor clock room. 6.11.2007
Source:
"Firework vandals hit landmark", 7.11.2007, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Firework-vandals-hit-landmark.3449618.jp
"Iconic building gutted in blaze", 6.11.2007, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Iconic-building-gutted-in-blaze.3447880.jp
Luton.
Football fans at Kenilworth Road were horrified when youths lobbed fireworks in
to the football ground during Luton Town's match with Carlisle United.
6.11.2007
Source: "Fireworks thrown at Luton Town game", 7.11.2007, http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut-news/Fireworks-thrown-at-Luton-Town.3454054.jp
Northfleet.
Yobs pushed two fireworks through a woman's letterbox. There was a lot of
smoke in the house in Wallis Park, and the hallway carpet was slightly melted.
6.11.2007
Source: "Fireworks pushed through letterbox", 7.11.2007, http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1814196.0.fireworks_pushed_through_letterbox.php
Peterborough.
A football ground steward has been injured by a firework thrown onto the pitch
at the end of a game. He was treated at hospital after shards of metal landed in
his eye. 6.11.2007
Source:
"Firework thrown at football match", 7.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7083026.stm
"Posh steward injured by firework yob", 7.11.2007, http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Posh-steward-injured-by-firework.3452546.jp
Preston.
A gang of 40 people threw petrol and a box of fireworks on to a bonfire on waste
ground in Frome Street in Ribbleton. 6.11.2007
Source: "Busy Bonfire days for firefighters", 6.11.2007, http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1813563.0.busy_bonfire_days_for_firefighters.php
Islington.
A
firework was thrown at two little girls outside the City and Islington College. The
five- and seven-year-old girls were traumatised by the incident.
Source:
"Firework yobs target little girls", 7.11.2007, http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/news/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsislg&itemid=WeED07%20Nov%202007%2010%3A24%3A40%3A380
Abercynon. A firework prank left a woman homeless and the village without a dental practice after shops went up in flames. It is believed a firework was lit and thrown into the street bin causing a fire, which quickly melted a gas pipe leading to the dental practice and blazed through the business. Nineteen fire officers spent more than an hour battling the fire on Margaret Street.
Source: "Dentist up in flames after firework prank", 8.11.2007, http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/cynon-valley/2007/11/08/dentist-up-in-flames-after-firework-prank-91466-20068596/
Fazakerley.
A man (20) had just got out of his car in Grey Road when an industrial firework,
set off in the street, went off close-by. He was hit in the face by the
explosion. 8.11.2007
Source: "Firework explosion puts man in hospital", 8.11.2007, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/11/08/firework-explosion-puts-man-in-hospital-100252-20080077/
Southampton.
A car on a showroom forecourt in Mansbridge Road was badly damaged after youths
set a firework off underneath it. 8.11.2007
Source: "Firework sparks car blaze", 9.11.2007, http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/hampshirenews/display.var.1820546.0.firework_sparks_car_blaze.php
Bolton, Greater Manchester. At a wedding party in Belmont Road, Astley Bridge, a man (27) was lighting an industrial firework but there was a fault and it went off before it should have done and exploded in his face, causing severe facial burns and damage to his eyes. Luckily the man was wearing glasses and his eyes were protected from the full force of the explosion but it is not yet clear if the blast has robbed the man of his eye sight.
The
firework should have been set off electronically from a safe distance but the
man used a cigarette lighter instead. 9.11.2007
Source:
"Firework explodes in man's face", 10.11.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7088479.stm
"Firework blows up in man's face", 10.11.2007, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1023811_firework_blows_up_in_man_face
"Firework blows up in man's face at wedding", 11.11.2007, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1824392.mostviewed.firework_blows_up_in_mans_face_at_wedding.php
"Firework horror at wedding", 12.11.2007, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1023882_firework_horror_at_wedding
Rugby.
An elderly couple were at their home in Newbold Footpath just off Oliver Street
when vandals pushed a lighted firework through their door. The burning firework
then exploded inside the house and caused damage to curtains and the door.
9.11.2007
Source: "Police hunting vandals after firework pushed through couple's doors", 12.11.2007, http://www.rugbytoday.co.uk/news/POLICE-HUNTING-VANDALS-AFTER-FIREWORK.3480120.jp
Hilperton.
Four fire crews fought a major blaze in a barn in Whaddon Lane. It is thought
that rogue fireworks might be to blame.
Source: "Fire crews tackle major barn blaze", 10.11.2007, http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1824225.0.fire_crews_tackle_major_barn_blaze.php
Chadderton. A man suffered severe injuries to his hand after holding a firework outside the Harlequin pub on Middleton Road.
Source: "Firework horror at wedding", 12.11.2007, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1023882_firework_horror_at_weeding
Two teenagers have been jailed for an arson attack on a
friend's home on November 15, 2007, which left him terrified he would be "burned
alive". About 1am, the friend was dozing and and was awakened by a bang. A
firework had been pushed through the letterbox of his home in Nathaniel Road,
Long Eaton. June 2008, the teenagers (18 and 19) were each given 12 months'
youth custody.
Source: "Youths jailed over firework arson raid on pal's house",18.6.2008, http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Youths-jailed-firework-arson-raid-pal-s-house/article-191674-detail/article.html
A firework rocket fired by revellers smashed into a holiday jet carrying 180 passengers,
while the aircraft was at 300ft and heading for the
runway at East Midlands Airport.
Source:
"Terror as firework blasts jet", 18.11.2007, http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=terror-as-firework-blasts-jet&method=full&objectid=20123110&siteid=93463-name_page.html
"Firework hits plane near East Midlands Airport", 19.11.2007, http://www.uk-airport-news.info/east-midlands-airport-news-191107.htm
Yeovil. Two young children were left "shaken and
distressed" after a front seat passenger from another car threw a lit
display-type firework at their car. The car was dented and damaged. 18.11.2007
Source:
"Firework is thrown at car", 21.11.2007, http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/search/display.var.1849701.0.firework_is_thrown_at_car.php
"Firework fired at children in car", 21.12.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7106615.stm
Walton Vale. An industrial firework, meant for
professional displays, was put on top of a car parked in Warbreck Avenue and
lit. The car was almost completely destroyed. 20.11.2007
Source: "Yobs use firework to destroy car", 21.11.2007, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/11/21/yobs-use-firework-to-destroy-car-100252-20139858/
Radcliffe. Fire at the Big Yellow Car Wash on Sion
Street. The owners had been given a licence to sell the fireworks which were
being stored legally until Christmas sale. Around 100 kg of fireworks went off
during the blaze. Fire crews kept a safe distance as they tackled the burning
building. Several streets in the town centre have been closed off. Residents
were warned to keep windows and doors closed because of smoke. 22.11.2007
Source:
"Road closed after firework factory fire", 22.11.2007, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1850626.0.road_closed_after_firework_factory_fire.php
"Car wash in fireworks blaze", 22.11.2007, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1025403_car_wash_in_fireworks_blaze
Weston. A couple who went to watch a firework display
in Knightstone Road ended up having to shelter from falling ash and debris. The
woman was hit in the eye by a piece of falling firework debris, which was around
two inches long. 24.11.2007
Source: "Revellers forced to shelter from firework debris", 26.11.2007, http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED20%20Nov%202007%2011%3A00%3A16%3A510
Northampton. A firework was posted through the
letterbox of a house in Great Holme Court. 27.11.2007
Source: "Two arson attacks in three days on house", 29.11.2007, http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Two-arson-attacks-in-three.3540756.jp
Leeds. A sports car was left gutted after someone threw
a firework onto the passenger seat. 16.12.2007
Source: "Sports car windows blasted out", 17.12.2007, http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Sports-car-windows-blasted-out.3596940.jp
Walton. A car was ripped apart by an industrial
firework. The force of the blast sent glass flying into the garden of a flat 100
yards away in St Domingo Vale. The car's window had been smashed by two yobs who
threw the firework inside. 18.12.2007
Source: "Car blown up by industrial firework", 19.12.2007, http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-news/2007/12/19/car-blown-up-by-industrial-firework-100252-20267963/
Ramsbottom. An arsonist caused £100,000 of damage at a
kitchen showroom of the Ramsbottom Kitchen Company, Union Street, after shoving
an industrial-sized firework through an air vent. The arsonist poured an
accelerant through the vent, causing the firework to explode and wreck the
company's main office. 19./20.12.2007
Source:
Eden
Valley. Firefighters have saved the oldest part of the historic
Cumbrian Appleby Castle from going up in flames after a rogue firework sparked a
major blaze. A firework display launched from the roof of the Norman keep was
the climax to the castle's traditional Christmas carol evening. But sparks and
embers are thought to have smouldered away on the lead roof until fire broke out
late on December 23, 2007.
Source: "Firework sparks castle blaze", 24.12.2007, http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/latest-north-west-news/Firework-sparks-castle-blaze.3618684.jp
Cadbury Heath near Bristol. An explosion has
destroyed a phone box in School Road spreading debris 100 m and smashing windows
in surrounding homes. It is believed a gas main may have been hit after
fireworks were strapped to the old-style red telephone box in School Road. Parts
of the phone box had crashed into the front room of a nearby flat. The owner of
the flat was given treatment for shock by paramedics. 30.12.2007
Source:
"Firework blast destroys phone box", 30.12.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7165413.stm
"Firework blast destroys phone box", 31.12.2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7165549.stm
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"Two men jailed over Cadbury Heath phone box
explosion", 9.7.2008, http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231190&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144922&contentPK=21045528:
Cadbury Heath. Two men who detonated a firework in a phone box in School
Road December 2007, blowing it up with the force of a small car bomb, have
been jailed. Cars and buildings were damaged and windows smashed. |
2006
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Barry, South Wales.
A firework flew through the roof of a house shortly after midnight, set the
house ablaze and left the
upper two floors smoke logged. 1.1.2006
Source: "'Curb fireworks' call after blaze", 3.1.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/4578616.stm
Berkhamsted.
Around 1.50 a.m. a firecracker was pushed through a letter box, causing no
damage but leaving the householder very shaken. 7.1.2006
Source: "Police warning after fireworks incidents", 16.1.2006, http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=841&ArticleID=1315067
Berkhamsted.
When a resident returned around 12.30 p.m. after a night away, he found a small
amount of front door damage caused by a banger. 7.1.2006
Source: "Police warning after fireworks incidents", 16.1.2006, http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=841&ArticleID=1315067
Liverpool.
A car has been blown up in a firework attack outside a police station.
Merseyside Police believe large display fireworks were used to cause the blast
close to Tuebrook police station yesterday evening, the 11th January.
12.1.2006
Source: "Car explodes near police station", 12.1.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/4604732.stm
Lerwick/Shetland
Islands. A man (20)
pleaded guilty to recklessly setting off fireworks from a flat in Market Street,
between 21 and 22 January 2006. One of the fireworks entered the storeroom below
the flat and, after a lengthy period of smouldering, set fire to the contents.
While the structure of the building was not damaged by the fire, everything
inside it was. The man has been told to negotiate a repayment settlement
otherwise he might go to prison.
Source: "Sheriff puts rocket up firework man", 21.7.2006, http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/pages/news%20stories/07_2006/sheriff_puts_rocket_up_firework_man.htm
Croydon.
A lit firework was pushed through the letterbox of the house of a gay couple.
The pair heard the noise and managed to extinguish the fire that had started in
their hallway. 31.1.2006
Source: "Gay couple 'lucky' after firework attack", 31.1.2006, http://uk.gay.com/headlines/9546
Norbury, Camden
Gardens. A lit firework was
pushed through the window of a house just after 1 a.m. The hose has been smoke
damaged.
Liverpool.
In the night, an industrial firework was set off outside a house in the
Kensington area in a targeted attack and damaged two houses. A woman who inhaled
smoke was taken to hospital. There was a second blast 30 minutes later at an
empty flat in the same area. 14.2.2006
Source: "Fireworks set off outside homes", 14.2.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4713748.stm
Midsomer Norton, Chilcompton Road. A fire caused extensive damage to the King's Arms public house. Fire and police investigators think the blaze was caused by fireworks that were ignited inside the pub. 10.6.2006
Source: "'Fireworks to blame' for pub fire", 12.6.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/5072942.stm
Halifax.
They shot fireworks through the window of Talk Time, Southgate. A window display
caught fire but sprinklers stopped the flames spreading. 22.6.2006
Source: "New fire attack on 'feud' shop. Arsonists today attacked a Halifax phone shop for the third time.", 22.6.2006, http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=700&ArticleID=1580803
Norwich
City. Hundreds
of people were evacuated from a city centre cinema after a fire broke out in its
roof shortly after fireworks were let off at the Lord Mayor's Procession. Fire
investigators were looking into the possibility that a rogue firework, let off
from the top of Norwich Castle, was to blame for the fire at Vue, in the Castle
Mall. 15.7.2006
Source: "Cinema fire sparked by stray firework", 17.7.2006, http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED17%20Jul%202006%2010%3A37%3A51%3A100
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"Lord Mayor's firework caused cinema fire", 6.9.2006, http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Sep%202006%2010%3A08%3A37%3A603: About 800 people had to be evacuated after a fire started in the roof of Vue cinema at Castle Mall shortly after a firework show from the top of Norwich Castle signalling the end of the Lord Mayor's Procession celebrations. <<My investigation has been completed and the most likely cause of fire has been identified as a firework,>> said group manager Guy McCurley, of Bethel Street Fire Station and one of about 20 firefighters who were involved in the operation to deal with the fire which partially damaged part of the building June 15, 2006. |
Abbotts
Ann. A number of horses were so frightened by a fireworks display on Saturday
night they bolted through 9,000 volt electric fences and were left trembling in
the corner of a field. None of the horses was hurt but three fledging gouldian
finches belonging to the landowner died after the parent birds took fright and
refused to continue feeding their offspring. 9.9.2006
Source: "Lucky escape as horses flee fireworks fright", 15.9.2006, http://www.thisishampshire.net/display.var.922966.0.lucky_escape_as_horses_flee_fireworks_fright.php
Bradford.
About 45 firefighters spent three hours tackling a blaze at a fireworks
warehouse on Grattan Road, thought to contain more than two tons of bangers and
rockets. A firefighter said "that it was very scary at times, hazardous,
because of the fireworks projecting themselves through the building 400ft away".
28.9.2006
Source: "Blaze at city fireworks warehouse", 28.9.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/5387592.stm
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"Fireworks light sky in blaze spectacular", 29.9.2006, http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1084&ArticleID=1796088: Bradford. A giant display of fireworks lit up the sky as fire crews tackled an explosive warehouse blaze in Gattan Road in Bradford city centre. Rockets and bangers soared through the roof and windows of the two-storey warehouse storing fireworks which caught fire at 4.50am. Bradford's fire station manger said, that it was very dangerous for the firefighters because there were big explosives going off inside the warehouse. 28.9.2006 |
Wigan.
A couple say only the draft excluder on the letterbox stopped the rocket
shooting upstairs and exploding close to where their two young daughters were
sleeping. The attack left a 12ins hole in the door and left the house
smoke-logged. 2.10.2006
Source: "Family terrified by firework attack. Sick yobs left a family terrified after throwing a firework throught the letterbox of a Wigan home", 4.10.2006, http://www.wigantoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=66&ArticleID=1802245
Burnley.
Yobs threw a firework through a letter box of a young mother in Saxon Street.
Fire chiefs have branded the pranksters "foolish" and said if the
woman had not had a smoke alarm both mother and child could have been killed.
5.10.2006
Source:
"Yobs
put firework through letter box", 9.10.2006, http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.959482.0.yobs_put_firework_through_letter_box.php
"Family's Firework Terror", 10.10.2006, http://www.eastlancashireonline.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=12&ArticleID=1812555
A firework may have been the cause of a moorland blaze on Sunday night at Skelder Plantation. Eight fire engines and support vehicles were called to tackle the fire which broke out at 8.40 pm, covered nearly 30 acres of moorland and was extinguished after midnight. 8.10.2006
Source: "Firework may have caused blaze", 9.10.2006, http://www.whitbytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=983&ArticleID=1811795
Sheffield.
A girl (16) needed hospital treatment after being hit by a firework during a
street disturbance as her family's car was damaged by a gang of yobs in
Norborough Road, Tinsle. 8.10.2006
Source: "Girl, 16, hot by firework in street clash", 20.10.2006, http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1084&ArticleID=1834158
Somersham.
Thugs pushed a lit firework through the letterbox of a man (24) at his family
home in The Trundell, at about 10.30pm. 9.10.2006
Source: "Firework pushed through letterbox", 19.10.2006, http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/huntingdon/2006/10/19/e0fcd34f-3e88-44e1-abea-7639c11436cf.lpf
Galgate. A teenager suffered injuries to his hands and was taken to hospital after a firework went off in his hand. 13.10.2006
Source: "Stories from around Lancashire", 16.10.2006, http://www.lep.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=73&ArticleID=1824635
Twinbrook.
A women's hockey match between a Belfast Harlequins team and Jordanstown seconds
had to be abandoned at the weekend after one of the players was struck by a
firework, which youths had let off. 14./15.10.2006
Source: "Hockey goalie in fireworks scare", 16.10.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6054364.stm
Wickham.
A stray firework may have sparked a blaze at 1st Wickham Scout hut in
Winchester Road, leaving children without a home for their group. The building
has been totally destroyed. Firefighter believe a firework was let off next to
the building and it landed on the roof. 14.10.2006
Source: "Heartbreak as blaze wrecks Scout hut", 16.10.2006, http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=455&ArticleID=1824097
Salford.
Firefighters have blasted thugs who lobbed fireworks at their engine as they
were speeding to answer an emergency call. The officers from Salford station
were rushing to Hope Hospital 8.40pm when they came under a barrage of exploding
fireworks on Liverpool Street. 16.10.2006
Source: "Firemen attacked by firework yobs", 19.10.2006, http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/218/218880_firemen_attacked_by_firework_yobs.html
Whitley.
A couple "escaped death by inches" when a rocket exploded through
their bedroom window. They were woken by the explosion at their home in
Monksbarn at around 4am as lethal shards of broken glass flew across the bed and
smoke from the powerful firework filled the room. 18.10.2006
Source:
"Terror as firework bursts through couple's window", 19.10.2006, http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/tm_headline=terror-as-firework-bursts-through-couple-s-window&method=full&objectid=17957412&siteid=50102-name_page.html
Catford.
800 teenagers were evacuated from an indoor hip-hop show in the Broadway Theatre
after yobs stormed the stage and set off fireworks at around 10pm. 20.10.2006
Source: "Yobs set off fireworks at hip-hop show", 1.11.2006, http://www.newsshopper.co.uk
Sutton.
Children messing about with fireworks have been blamed for a fire which badly
damaged a Telefone booth on Garden Lane last week.
Source:
"Fresh warning for firework vandals", 23.10.2006, http://www.ashfieldtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=726&ArticleID=1837725
Warring Millom families attempted to settle a feud by throwing fireworks at each
other on St George's Terrace last week. The fireworks were thrown from a
vehicle during a dispute between the two families.
Source:
"Fireworks thrown by feuding families", 23.10.2006, http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=426530
Glasgow/Schottland.
A teenager (18) was stabbed outside his flat following a dispute about
fireworks, according to people living nearby. He was found seriously injured in
Hamiltonhill, in the north of Glasgow and died short time later.
A
neighbour said: <<I heard a group of boys stabbed him because he had some
fireworks.>> 21.10.2006
Source:
"Teenager
killed in 'fireworks row' was to be father, 23.10.2006, http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1565732006
"Stabbed
teen was going to be dad", 23.10.2006, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=stabbed-teen-ws-going-to-be-a-dad-&method=full&objectid=17976589&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Beeston,
Leeds. Yobs launched a lit firework through an open window in a home in
Trentham Terrace. The firework ricocheted around the front room and as a man
(42) tried to run out, it hit him and exploded straight on to his back. He was
showered in sparks and flames – the firework burnt through his clothes. He
suffered severe burns.
Source:
"Yobs' firework attack on family home", 26.10.2006, http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1843053
Dewsbury,
West Yorkshire. A short-haired, adult tabby cat was found at Overthorpe Park and
been brought to a vet. The vet discovered it has died as a result of being shot
in the stomach by an airgun. A post-mortem examination revealed a firework had
been inserted and lit after the cat had died.
Source:
"RSPCA
speaks of horrific firework stunt on dead cat", 24.10.2006, http://www.24dash.com/communities/12102.htm
They blew up postboxes in Rowton, Kelsall, Kingsley and two in Manley using
powerful fireworks at night. In Top Road, Kingsley, the explosion was so
powerful, that the postbox was blown 30ft from its stand. 24.10.2006
Source: "Arson spree destroys 20 rural postboxes", 27.10.2006, http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=arson-spree-destroys-20-rural-postboxes-&method=full&objectid=18001295&siteid=50020-name_page.html
Kilmarnock,
Ayrshire/Schottland. A boy (13) is having emergency treatment in hospital after
suffering major burns to his hands and face, when a firework exploded in his
hand. He also could lose some fingers. 24.10.2006
Source:
"Boy, 13, in firework blast horror", 25.10.2006, http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5058507.html
York.
Residents reported seeing someone hurl a firework into the North Yorkshire
Police van before it sparkled and then erupted in a ball of flames at about 9.40
pm. 24.10.2006
Source:
"Yobs set cop van on fire", 25.10.2006, http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.984963.0.yobs_set_cop_van_on_fire.php
Lisbellaw. A Lisbellaw man has sustained eye injuries after a firework exploded near him in the town on Friday night.
Source: "Eye injury from firework", 25.10.2006, http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com
Liverpool.
A firework, designed to be fired from a mortar tube and available only for
organised displays, destroyed a car outside its owner's home on Croxteth Hall
Lane. The force of the explosion was so
great it blew a one-foot hole in the steel plated floor of the car. Police believe the firework was thrown into the car after a window was
smashed. This type of firework was banned from public sale 10 years ago after
the deaths of two people. Fire experts said anyone who was standing near the car
could have been killed or seriously injured. 26.10.2006
Source:
"Firework blows car to bits", 27.10.2006, http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=firework-blows-car-to-bits&method=full&objectid=18000814&siteid=50061-name_page.html
"Car
blown up in firework attack", 27.10.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6090158.stm
Clevedon,
North Somerset. Three persons have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out
at a fireworks factory in Kenn Court Business Park shortly after 9.30pm. One
person was treated for smoke inhalation and two for shock following the blaze.
Two
containers of fireworks caught alight and exploded during the blaze, causing
rockets to shoot high into the air.
Two nearby houses were also affected.
Police
have closed a number of roads in the Kenn area in the interests of public safety.
27.10.2006
Source:
"Police
currently dealing with serious fire (Clevedon)", 27.10.2006, http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/LocalPages/NewsDetails.aspx?nsid=6271&t=1&lid=6
"Trio
hurt in fireworks plant fire", 27.10.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6093430.stm
"Two hurt in firework factory blaze", 28.10.2006, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6176135,00.html
"3 injured in blaze at fireworks firm", 29.10.2006, http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=3-injured-in-blaze-at-fireworks-firm-&method=full&objectid=18008669&siteid=62484-name_page.html
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"Classic cars destroyed by blaze", 29.10.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/6096046.stm: The owner of a classic car restoration business destroyed by a fire at a nearby fireworks factory says a unique vehicle has gone. |
Gorbals,
Glasgow/Schottland. A policewoman was rushed to hospital after being thrown from
her horse when it was scared by fireworks. One of the horse's legs was bandaged
before it was transported for treatment. 27.10.2006
Source:
"Firework
spook cop hurt", 28.10.2006, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=firework-spook-cop-hurt-&method=full&objectid=18005062&siteid=66633-name_page.html
"Fireworks startle police horse; officer sustains injuries in fall", 29.10.2006, http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=7988
Burnley.
A multi-explosion firework was thrown into Plumbe Street Miners' Club at 3pm.
The firework was lit and then thrown into the doorway. The first explosion led
to a man going to check it out, the device then went off again, narrowly missing
the man's foot. 28.10.2006
Source: "Firework is thrown into The Miners'", 31.10.2006, http://www.burnleytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=12&ArticleID=1849949
Tottenham.
A toddler escaped serious injury when a hot shard from a firework smashed
through the window of a living room of Charles House, Love Lane, at about 9pm.
It's left a two-inch bullet hole in the glass, and there's a gouge in the wall
where it ricocheted off. The eight-year-old Staffordshire bull was so frightened
that she had an epileptic fit. 28.10.2006
Source: "Tot terror after firework blasts through window", 1.11.2006, http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=TWGJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newstwgj&itemid=WeED01%20Nov%202006%2013%3A09%3A05%3A700
Whitby.
Overnight between the 28 and 29 October vandals caused more than £1,500 of
damage after putting a lit firework into a ticket machine in the Abbey car park.
Source: "Hotel attacked by firework yobs", 2.11.2006, http://www.whitbytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=983&ArticleID=1856987
A veteran county councillor arrived at his office in Acre Road, March, to find a rocket embedded in his store room. The rocket was fired through the letter box and finished in an office door. 29.10.2006
Source: "Firework attack on councillor 'deliberate'", 30.10.2006, http://www.cambs-times.co.uk/content/cambstimes/news/story.aspx?brand=CATOnline&category=NewsCambs&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsCAT&itemid=WEED30%20Oct%202006%2013%3A27%3A22%3A067
Drylaw,
Edinburgh/Schottland. A
cat is recovering after an attack in which fireworks were taped to its side and
set off. The cat was
found by a member of public near Royston Mains Road suffering from substantial
burns to its side and covered in masking tape.
Source:
"Cat
scarred after firework attack", 31.10.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6102248.stm
"Police hunt thugs who taped firework to cat", 31.10.2006, http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1610292006
Grantham. A woman, of Cox's Walk, Great Gonerby, had the bonnet of her car damaged by a fiework designed for use in professional displays only. Lying nearby was the remains of the firework, which contained a piece of metal. Damage: nearly £200. 29.10.2006
Source: "Big fireworks cause scare", 3.11.2006, http://www.granthamtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=833&ArticleID=1857582
Peterborough.
Customers screamed in terror when a gang of yobs hurled fireworks through the
door of a packed fast food restaurant about 11pm on Monday night, October 30 and
a second time on Tuesday night, October 31. No one was injured in either attack,
but people inside were badly shaken and the restaurant floor was damaged.
30.10.2006
Source: "Fireworks hurled into busy restaurant", 4.11.2006, http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1860610
Stowmarket.
A man invited friends to his home and decided to go out into the back garden and
set fireworks off. But when one shot off at the wrong angle it flew into his
kitchen and hit a friend watching the display inside on the chin and then went
straight down his top. The man suffered burns to his chest. 30.10.2006
Source: "Warning after firework injures man", 31.10.2006, http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=zNews&itemid=IPED31%20Oct%202006%2011%3A32%3A56%3A383
Hornsey.
A witness appeal has been launched after a gang of over 25 youths set a firework
off in the Nightingale pub, Nightingale Lane, robbed terrified drinkers through
the smoke, and stole the till about 8.50pm. 31.10.2006
Source: "Group of 25 attack pub", 15.11.2006, http://www.hornseyjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/hornseyjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=HCEJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshcej&itemid=WeED15%20Nov%202006%2015%3A14%3A56%3A650
New Addington. A family found their 12-year-old cat, which had burns marks all over its body, outside their home, killed by a firework. 31.10.2006
Source: "Cat killed with fireworks", 3.11.2006, http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/croydonnews/display.var.999322.0.cat_killed_with_fireworks.php
Newbold. A woman (76) had just sat down in her car and was about to close the door when one of a mob of 12-15 teenagers running towards her, threw a lit firework at her. It landed on her lap, ripped through her coat and skirt and burned her thigh. She managed to knock it onto the ground, burning her wrist in the process. 31.10.2006
Source: "Hoodies toss lit firework at gran", 9.11.2006, http://www.chesterfieldtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=728&ArticleID=1865679
Salford.
Firework yobs launched a "rocket attack" on the home of a councillor.
About four industrial-sized rockets were fired at the house in Barton Road,
Eccles.
Source: "Firework yobs in rocket attack on councillor's home", 1.11.2006, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/227/227047_firework_yobs_in_rocket_attack_on_councillors_home.html
Bracon
Ash near Mulbarton. Two cars had their windows smashed before lit fireworks were
placed inside; one in Hawkes Lane and the other in School Road. Both cars are
badly damaged. 31.10.2006
Source: "Halloween incidents in hundreds", 1.11.2006, http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED01%20Nov%202006%2019%3A28%3A16%3A607
Goring. A gang of about 30 youths gathered outside an elderly man's home in Maybridge Crescent at about 7.50 pm. They threw fireworks and eggs at the property. 31.10.2006
Source: "Halloween mob attacks OAP's home", 1.11.2006, http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/display.var.997769.0.halloween_mob_attacks_oaps_home.php
Hoddesdon.
Source: "Louts start blaze with fireworks", 3.11.2006, http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/news/mercury/hoddesdon_mercury/2006/11/03/louts%20start%20blaze%20with%20fireworks.lpf
A seven-month-old baby girl was covered in shattered glass when a home-made firework hurtled into the living room of her parents' house on Keighley Road, Laneshaw Bridge. Fortunately she only received a small gash to the leg. 1.11.2006
Source: "Baby hurt in firework terror", 3.11.2006, http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=13&ArticleID=1857104
Dagenham,
East
London.
Source:
"Man injured in bus firework blast", 2.11.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6108882.stm
"Firework attack on bus", 2.11.2006, http://www.bdpost.co.uk/content/barkinganddagenham/post/news/story.aspx?brand=BDPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbdp&itemid=WeED02%20Nov%202006%2013%3A30%3A21%3A677
"Two injured in Dagenham bus firework blast, 3.11.2006, http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/road-traffic-accidents/two-injured-in-dagenham-bus-firework-blast-3116929
Holmrook.
A parish councillor has been warned he faces prison for firing an unlicensed
shotgun during a dispute with neighbours. The man (48), who owns the Saltcoated
caravan park and a farm, fired the 12 bore into the air because he was angry his
neighbours were having a mid-week fireworks party to celebrate a birthday.
The
man pleaded guilty to possessing a shotgun without a certificate and to using
words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. 1.11.2006
Source: "Councillor fired shotgun in row over firework party", 16.11.2006, http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=435150
Newcastle. A badly injured rabbit was discovered in an underpass in the East Denton area with detonated fireworks tied to its body; it died a short time later. Thugs killed him by strapping fireworks to its body and letting them off.
Source: "Thugs strap fireworks to rabbit", 1.11.2006, http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.998764.0.thugs_strap_fireworks_to_rabbit.php
Oldham. A
teenager (15) was left with his thumb hanging off, fingers twisted out of shape
and palm split apart. He also suffered powder burns to his chest, black eyes and
had his hair and eyebrows burned off. Surgeons managed to save the teenager's
hand, which was blown apart by an "onion bomb", which the youngster
said he found in a field and it just went off in his hand. 1.11.2006
Source: "Firework boy's thumb blown off", 2.11.2006, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/227/227186_firework_boys_thumb_blown_off.html
Newton
Heat. A firefighter suffered minor injuries when a crew responding to a 999 call
was attacked by yobs throwing fireworks. He was hit in the leg by a powerful
Roman Candle. 2.11.2006
Source: "999 fire crew attacked by thugs", 4.11.2006, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/227/227328_999_fire_crew_attacked_by_thugs.html
Nottingham. A house in Raymede Drive on the Bestwood Estate has been gutted by arsonists who put a lit firework through the letterbox. 3.11.2006
Source: "Home destroyed in firework attack, 5.11.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/6118422.stm
Denaby.
Yobs threw fireworks through the letter boxes of two terrified Denaby residents;
one on Friday, November 3 at a home on Arlington Court and another on Saturday,
November 4 at a house on Woodlands Way. In both cases the fireworks exploded in
the hallway. 3./4.11.2006
Source:
"Residents' lucky escape", 9.11.2006, http://www.dearnetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=768&ArticleID=1867864
Crowbyres.
Hawick firefighters were called to 'Hardy's Hill' at 6.40pm, where Bonfire
Night celebrations had sparked a gorse fire that quickly took hold.
Source:
"Stray firework sparks Crowbyres fire", 9.11.2006, http://www.hawicktoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=974&ArticleID=1869358
Epsom. Police are hunting for hooligans who threw a firework into a store of gas cylinders at The Crescent, The Wells Estate – starting an exploding inferno that destroyed three sheds, a garage and five motorcycles stored inside. 4.11.2006
Source: "Firework chaos", 7.11.2006, http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200surreyheadlines/tm_headline=firework-chaos&method=full&objectid=18057877&siteid=53340-name_page.html
Horwich.
The Stationery Suite shop in Winter Hey Lane was wrecked when a firework was
thrown through the letterbox at 8.30pm. Stock and fixtures and fittings had been
set alight. Cost of the damage: over £20,000. 4.11.2006
Source: "Fireworks used in yob attacks", 6.11.2006, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1005779.0.fireworks_used_in_yob_attacks.php
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"Drunk firework yob destroyed shop", 23.6.2007, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1493822.0.drunk_firework_yob_destroyed_shop.php: A teenager (19) shoved fireworks through the letterbox of the Stationery Suite in Winter Hey Lane, Horwich, sparking a blaze which caused £20,000 of damage. The teenager will be sentenced on August 17, 2007. |
Irlam.
A boy (11) was burned after falling onto a bonfire as he ran away from youths
who were throwing fireworks. 4.11.2006
Source: "Boy falls on fire as he flees from yobs", 5.11.2006, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/227/227396_boy_falls_on_fire_as_he_flees_from_yobs.html
Little
Hulton. At around 9pm, a new flat in Prescott Street, was targeted when a brick
and firework were thrown through a window. 4.11.2006
Source: "Fireworks used in yob attacks", 6.11.2006, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1005779.0.fireworks_used_in_yob_attacks.php
Little
Hulton. Thugs struck at a public phone box in Larkfield Avenue at 8.45pm, where
they lit a firework and left it to explode inside. 4.11.2006
Source: "Fireworks used in yob attacks", 6.11.2006, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1005779.0.fireworks_used_in_yob_attacks.php
New Earswick. Firefighters came under attack from Mischief Night yobs who threw fireworks at them as they tried to get a car fire under control in Poplar Grove at 8.40pm. A firework hit a rear locker on the fire engine. 4.11.2006
Source: "Firefighters under attack from Mischief Night yobs", 7.11.2006, http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.1004868.0.firefighters_under_attack_from_mischief_night_yobs.php
Sheffield.
A yob hurled a powerful firework
into a bus at 7pm. The driver was only saved because he hadn't put his
safety screen up – which would have left him trapped in his cab as the
firework exploded. One passenger suffered impaired hearing in the attack in
Burngreave. The force of the blast shattered most of the glass in the driver's
cab, damaged the dashboard and caused smoke damage. 4.11.2006
Source:
"Bus blast horror", 7.11.2006, http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=1862797
St John's. A firework scorched a hole in the conservatory roof of a home in Knight Street and exploded. 4.11.2006
Source: "Firework tore through my roof", 7.11.2006, http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/display.var.1006957.0.firework_tore_through_my_roof.php
Takeley.
A man
has been left requiring skin grafts to his hands after lighting a faulty
firework at the village's Station Road; he lit the fuse to one of the fireworks and it exploded
instantly.
Source:
"Man injures his hand in accident with fireworks", 9.11.2006, http://www.hertsessexnews.co.uk/news/observer/2006/11/09/man%20injures%20his%20hand%20in%20accident%20with%20fireworks.lpf
"Nasty hand injuries from faulty firework", 9.11.2006, http://www.dunmow-broadcast.co.uk/content/dunmow/news/story.aspx?brand=SAFOnline&category=NewsDunmow&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsDUN&itemid=WEED09%20Nov%202006%2014%3A32%3A31%3A133
Wolverhampton. A bonfire blast killed a man at a
fireworks display. The man (40) collapsed in agony after a missile flew into his
face during a party in an industrial yard. Remains of powerful industrial
fireworks were thrown into the flames during the unofficial celebrations in
Spring Road, Ettingshall. 4.11.2006
Source:
"Father dies in bonfire explosion", 6.11.2006, http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2006/11/06/father-dies-in-bonfire-explosion/
Gisborne. Fireworks caused up to six grass and scrub fires at the weekend.
4./5.11.2006
Source:
"Fireworks start several fires…", 7.11.2006, http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article.asp?aid=7144&iid=563&sud=27
Blackpool.
A man found a dead rabbit on Fleetwood seafront near Carr Road on Bonfire Night,
with fireworks tied to its body. Fireworks had been jammed between wire wrapped
around the rabbit's body before the explosive was detonated. 5.11.2006
Source:
"Rabbit 'blown up' in firework horror. Sadistic louts strapped a firework to
a rabbit and blew it up.", 7.11.2006, http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=62&ArticleID=1863437
|
"Fleetwood
rabbit death horror – reward", 9.11.2006, http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=62&ArticleID=1869069 |
Brixton.
A man's (33) bedroom was damaged by flames after thugs hurled a firework
through the ground-floor window of his flat in Belgrave Mansions, Coldharbour
Lane, at 2.30am. The firework startet to fizz around, setting fire to the bin,
table and walls. 5.11.2006
Source: "Yobs threw a firework into my flat", 10.11.2006, http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_headline=-yobs-threw-a-firework-into-my-flat-&method=full&objectid=18071952&siteid=50100-name_page.html
Burnley. A woman (36) was with family at the back of the Thornton Arms pub's beer garden where it is thought that a group of youths had targeted a firework towards the pub from the neighbouring woods. The firework exploded in the woman's face. She received several injuries including burns to her chin, neck and chest as well a having her hair burnt. 5.11.2006
Source: "Yobs threw firework into mother's face", 10.11.2006, http://www.burnleytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=12&ArticleID=1869519
Cheltenham. Police officers were called to the Hesters Way estate after
reports that fireworks were being thrown at cars on Princess Elizabeth Way.
Fireworks and stones were lobbed at them when they arrived and two patrol cars
were damaged. 5.11.2006
Source: "Officers bombarded by fireworks" (à
Watch the video how officers were attacked!)
Dunstable.
A dad who took his children to a firework display has claimed that ash and
pieces of fireworks rained down on the crowd and narrowly missed his
six-month-old twin daughters. 5.11.2006
Source: "Dad flags up firework safety fears", 8.11.2006, http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=543&ArticleID=1865616
Eastbourne.
A grandmother (78) of Kilpatrick Close, was 'sick to the bottom of her
stomach' after a firework impaled itself on her windowsill and burnt itself
right through. She believes that had the firework smashed through her back
garden window it could have set fire to her home. 5.11.2006
Source: "Modern fireworks - are they too big", 9.11.2006, http://www.eastbournetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=488&ArticleID=1869677
Edinburgh.
More than 1,500 spectators who had gathered on the slopes of Arthur's Seat to
watch the annual pyrotechnics celebration had to be evacuated by firefighters,
after an impromptu display set alight the spiny shrub growth around the Hawse at
Holyrood Park. 5.11.2006
Source:
"1,500 evacuated in fireworks scare", 6.11.2006, http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_headline=1-500-evacuated-in-fireworks-scare&method=full&objectid=18052994&siteid=50141-name_page.html
"Guy Fawkes blaze on Arthur's Seat", 6.11.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6120386.stm
Farnworth.
A home owner returned to his house in Burnham Walk at 1.30am, after a night out,
to find it on fire after a lit rocket had been pushed through the letterbox. It
caused extensive damage to the hall and the rest of the property was smoke
damage. 5.11.2006
Source: "Fireworks used in yob attacks", 6.11.2006, http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1005779.0.fireworks_used_in_yob_attacks.php
Garden
City. A man (33) had a lucky escape after his car was purposely set alight with
a firework. He was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. 5.11.2006
Source: "Irresponsible and dangerous", 10.11.2006, http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=-irresponsible-and-dangerous--&method=full&objectid=18075822&siteid=50142-name_page.html
Glenrothes.
Yobs threw fireworks at a woman (44). One firework went between parked cars,
another went over her shoulder and as she ducked to avoid it, a third one hit
her head; the force of it actually knocked her to the ground. A bit of her hair
also caught fire. 5.11.2006
Source: "Yobs hit woman with firework", 8.11.2006, http://www.fifenow.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1019&ArticleID=1865348
Ham Hill
Country Park near Yeovil, Somerset. A partridge was killed after fireworks
were strapped to its body. A park ranger said the bird had been "blown
apart". It was not known if the bird was alive or dead when it was blown up.
5.11.2006
Source:
"Bird blown up in firework attack", 9.11.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6132290.stm
"Man
injured by launching firework from his bottom", 9.11.2006, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1943543,00.html
Harlow.
Vandalism at Schoolgate Nursery, in the grounds of Potter Street Primary School:
fireworks had been set off by yobs inside the playhouse, damaging part of the
roof. The playhouse will cost £150 to replace. 5.11.2006
Source: "Fireworks idiots attack tots toy", 9.11.2006, http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/news/star/2006/11/09/firework%20idiots%20attack%20tots%20toy.lpf
Hove.
A woman (19) was arrested after a firework started a Bonfire Night blaze at a
police station. It is believed she threw a roman candle from a car as she passed
the police station in Holland Road. It exploded in a waste bin and set fire to a
small amount of paper inside the bin.
Source: "Woman arrested after police station blaze", 6.11.2006, http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1006234.0.woman_arrested_after_police_station_blaze.php
Islington.
Two young teenage gangs engaged in "infantile guerrilla warfare" in a park
near Bentham Court, launching fireworks at each other. 5.11.2006
Source: "Bonfire night rampage", 9.11.2006, http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/news/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsislg&itemid=WeED08%20Nov%202006%2012%3A02%3A17%3A340
Kirkby.
A young woman was taken to hospital after yobs threw a firework at her while she
was pushing her baby in a pram along Tower Hill. She pushed the pram away to
save her baby but the firework hit her lap and she was taken to hospital.
5.11.2006
Source: "Two children in hospital after bonfire explosion", 6.11.2006, http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=two-children-in-hospital-after-bonfire-explosion%26method=full%26objectid=18050030%26page=2%26siteid=50061-name_page.html
Leyland, Lancashire. When police was called to an unauthorised bonfire, youths threw fireworks and bottles at them and seven officers were injured. 5.11.2006
Source: "Officers injured in bonfire brawl", 6.11.2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/6122692.stm
Perivale.
A bed-ridden woman (81) was saved by emergency services after a youths let off a
massive firework in the porch of her Alperton Lane terraced house at about
6.46pm. Officers went to the back of the house and smashed a window to get into
the property because the explosion damaged the front of the house. The explosion
caused £2,000 damage, smashing glass, porch doors and damaging the front door
lock. 5.11.2006
Source: Firework terror for woman, 81, 9.11.2006, http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1012536.0.firework_terror_for_woman_81.php
Portsmouth.
A motorist went back to his car after watching a firework display put on by
the Old House at Home pub in Locksway Road, Milton, and found a rocket had
broken his windscreen. 5.11.2006
Source: "Driver's shock as falling firework cracks car windscreen", 7.11.2006, http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=455&ArticleID=1863525
A woman
was hit on the leg by an unsecured firework that was set off among thousands of
onlookers at Rugby's biggest organised Bonfire Night celebration.
Panic-stricken crowds screamed and fled when the firework toppled over and
headed straight for them at the Whitehall Recreation Ground, sending hot embers
shooting in all directions for about a minute. Onlookers and officials said the
firework was let off by a young man in the crowd. 5.11.2006
Source: "Mother hit as firework celebrations go wrong", 9.11.2006, http://www.rugbyreviewtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=689&ArticleID=1868695
South West Burnley. Four girls suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital after being hit by a lighted firework on Griffin Close, when the firework was set off near them. The hair of a girl (12) burnt while her sister (11) suffered a small burn on her shoulder, and both were hit on the ear. 5.11.2006
Source: "Four girls injured by lighted firework", 7.11.2006, http://www.eastlancashireonline.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=12&ArticleID=1862822
Sunderland, Dame Dorothy Street area of Monkwearmouth. A man (22) has suffered severe internal injuries after trying to launch a powerful firework from his bottom. The injuries include a scorched colon.
The man
bent over, dropped his trousers, and slipped a powerful fireworks between the
cheeks of his backside and a pal set it alight; the flare-type firework exploded in a shower of blistering hot
sparks.
It was
thought the man was trying to copy a scene from a film which shows a similar
prank. 5.11.2006
Source:
"Man injured by launching firework from his bottom", 9.11.2006, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1943543,00.html
"Rocket prank leaves man in hospital", 9.11.2006, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6203022,00.html
"Anal fireworks prank leaves man hospitalised", 9.11.2006, http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=58224&CFID=21593881&CFTOKEN=17778587
"Man hurt in 'bumfire night' prank", 9.11.2006, http://www.itv.com/news/britain_ce196e1fb49aaaffa7d0312c9a80c923.html
"Squaddie's
bumfire night", 9.11.2006, http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006520136,00.html
"Rocket
stunt backfires as soldier aims too low", 9.11.2006, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2444142,00.html
|
"Brite lässt eine Rakete von seinem Hintern starten", 15.11.2006, http://www.chart-king.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=11194&PHPKITSID=a6a16e06c6e00f8c00932d5074dcd738: Ein Brite (22) hat eine Rakete auf seinem Hintern gezündet und zog sich dabei schwere innere Verletzungen zu. Angeblich wollte er eine Szene aus einem Film nachspielen. 5.11.2006 |
Sutton
Village. A volunteer (51) suffered burns and facial injuries while helping to
set off fireworks at a village bonfire in Sutton Park. He was wearing all the
appropriate safety gear which is why he wasn't more seriously injured. His wife
said that he hasn't lost any limbs, but his bottom lip was blown in half and has
been stitched together, he has a mouth full of stitches, has burnt his throat on
the inside and shrapnell all over his face. Police officers gave green light for
the event to continue. 5.11.2006
Source:
"Helper hurt at firework show", 9.11.2006, http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/news/tibnews/display.var.1012762.0.helper_hurt_at_firework_show.php
"Bonfire injury puts volunteer in hospital", 10.11.2006, http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/news/tibnews/display.var.1013296.0.bonfire_injury_puts_volunteer_in_hospital.php
Tooting.
The home of a woman was gutted by flames after lit fireworks were stuffed
through her letterbox.
Source: "Rocket yobs use mortars", 5.11.2006, http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=rocket-yobs-use-mortars-&method=full&objectid=18047287&siteid=93463-name_page.html
West
Norwood. A woman (72) was terrified when a firework whizzed its way towards her
and got so close it burned a hole in her coat. 5.11.2006
Source: "Firework gangs wreak havoc in the community", 10.11.2006, http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/streathamnews/display.var.1015338.0.firework_gangs_wreak_havoc_in_the_community.php
Glenburn. Vandals smashed a window at St Peter's Primary, then tossed a burning banger through it. There was an explosion and smoke filled a corridor outside the nursery section at the Braehead Road building. Fortunately, the firework burned itself out and did not start a fire in the school. There was some minor smoke damage. 6.11.2006
Source: "Firework vandals try to torch school", 7.11.2006, http://icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk/pde/news/tm_headline=firework-vandals-try-to-torch-school&method=full&objectid=18059084&siteid=63858-name_page.html
Lewes. Six more parking ticket machines have been blown up in the past week, causing about £12,000 damage, plus several thousand more in lost revenue. The latest vandalism occurred in the Avenue, Park Road and Toronto Terrace October 30, Pelham Terrace on November 3, Southover Road on November 5 and Grange Gardens on November 6.
Source: "Parking machines blown up", 7.11.2006, http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=509&ArticleID=1862800
Thornhill,
Hill Garth. A one-year-old cat was badly burned when teenage yobs tied a
firework to his tail and lit it. The burn were so severe that three inches had
to be removed from his tail.
Source: "Firework attack left cat in agony", 10.11.2006, http://www.dewsburytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=28&ArticleID=1870262
A
fire has caused £20,000 worth of damage at a city petrol station after thugs
are thought to have let off a firework in its car wash about 7pm. Three
teenagers were seen lighting something on the floor of the car wash at the BP
petrol station on Calder Road and fire chiefs suspect it was a firework.
7.11.2006
Source: "Garage hit by £20,000 blaze after firework attack", 8.11.2006, http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1047&id=1653612006
Merseyside.
A car was blown up by an industrial firework. The blast sent shards of glass
flying across Higher Road, Halewood. Investigators believe the windows of the
car were smashed before the firework was thrown inside. 8.11.2006
Source: "Car blown up by firework bomb gang", 9.11.2006, http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=car-blown-up-by-firework-bomb-gang&method=full&objectid=18069354&siteid=50061-name_page.html
Seafield. A street sweeper (44) has had much of his hand blown off by an exploding firework after a prank at a council depot went horribly wrong. The man is understood to have been attempting to scare colleagues at the city's cleansing depot but failed to let go of the firework before it exploded.