Kampung
Seberang Baruh. Ein
sechsjähriger Junge starb bei einer Feuerwerksexplosion. Zwei Männer (22,
23) wurden bei der Explosion verletzt. Offenbar hatten die Männer in einem
Haus illegal Feuerwerkskörper für das anstehende Ramadanfest gelagert.
Quelle:
"Sechsjähriger stirbt bei Feuerwerksexplosion in Malaysia",
23.8.2010, http://www.news-adhoc.com/sechsjaehriger-stirbt-bei-feuerwerksexplosion-in-malaysia-idna2010082399070/
Kampung
Banggu. A
six-year-old boy almost lost his eyesight when firecrackers exploded in his
face. The incident occurred when the victim, Raja Afzan Raja Zakaria, did not
throw a ball-shaped firecracker after lighting the fuse. 23.8.2010
Source:
"Curiosity almost cost boy his eyesight", 23.8.2010, http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=523403
Taman
Sri Abadi in Jalan Kuala Kedah. A
10-year-old girl who was injured when fireworks exploded in her face, has become
blind in her right eye. She was waiting in front of her house for some friends
to walk together to perform the tarawih prayers when the "rocket"
fireworks hit her right eye. 23.8.2010
Source:
"Girl may lose eyesight due to firecracker mishap", 25.8.2010, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/8/25/nation/20100825173744&sec=nation
"Two
students hurt in firecracker explosions", 27.8.2010, http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/new-straits-times/mi_8016/is_20100827/students-hurt-firecracker-explosions/ai_n54928513/
Kampung
Banggol Petai, Bongor. A
14-year-old boy was in danger of losing the sight in his left eye as a
firecracker exploded in his face. He was cycling when it hit his face. 25.8.2010
Source:
"Crackers: Form two student injured on the left eye", 26.8.2010, http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=524048
Kampung
Sungai Darak, Kuala Ketil, near Sungai Petani. A 9-year-old boy suffered serious
injuries on his left hand while playing with homemade firecrackers at his house.
25.8.2010
Source:
"Two students hurt in firecracker explosions", 27.8.2010, http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/new-straits-times/mi_8016/is_20100827/students-hurt-firecracker-explosions/ai_n54928513/
A
lorry laden with contraband fireworks and cigarettes caught fire and exploded at
about 6.45 p.m. at the North South Expressway near Jasin, travelling from Johor
towards Kuala Lumpur. The lorry was totally destroyed. 27.8.2010
Source:
"Two-tonne
vehicle with fireworks catches fire and explodes", 28.8.2010, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/8/28/nation/6938469&sec=nation
"Lorry
with contraband cargo explodes on highway", 27.8.2010, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/8/27/nation/20100827215040&sec=nation
2009
Sungai
Baong. A teen (19) was killed instantly after a firecracker that he placed
inside a metal pipe exploded and hit his head. Police said he was checking what
he thought was a dud when the firecracker exploded. 3.2.2009
Source:
"Indonesian
killed by firecracker", 4.2.2009, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/4/nation/20090204131636&sec=nation
"Foreigner
killed by exploding home made firecracker", 4.2.2009, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/NewsBreak/20090204190722/Article/index_html
"Indonesian
teen killed in firecracker explosion in Malaysia, 4.2.2009, http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254110,indonesian-teen-killed-in-firecracker-explosion-in-malaysia.html
Taman Bukit Merah, Menglembu. Three
members of a family (59 and 25), including a three-year-old child, suffered
burns on their bodies and legs, when firecrackers stored in their house exploded.
The explosion damaged the ceiling and roof of the house. 19.3.2009
Source: "Firecrackers injure three
in a family", 20.3.2009, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/20090320172559/Article/index_html
Terengganu. A boy (6) lost three fingers when a
firecracker exploded near him. He also suffered injuries to his face and body.
22.8.2009
Source: "Boy, 6, lost fingers when
firecracker exploded", 26.8.2009, http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20090826-163455.html
Taman Wahyu. A six-year-old was playing with a
firecracker, known as mercun bola (fireball) in front of her house with her
eight-year-old brother. Five of the firecrackers exploded in her hand after she
failed to throw away a lighted cracker. The girl lost three fingers on her right
hand. 25.8.2009
Source: "Girl, 6, loses fingers in
firecracker blast", 6.9.2009, http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20090906-165922.html
A four-year-old girl narrowly escaped losing sight
after her eyes were hit by sparks from a firecracker thrown by a man at the
Ramadan market at Batu 11, Bukit Gajah, Tanah Merah. The man in his 40s who was
selling firecrackers at the market had thrown the firecracker which hit the girl's
mother's left leg while the sparks had hit the girl in the eyes. 4.9.2009
Source: "Girl narrowly escapes
losing sight in firecracker incident", 6.9.2009, http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=438504
Marang. A 14-year-old wanted to create the loudest
firecracker ever in Kampung Binjai Rendah, Bukit Payung. The flesh on four
fingers on the hand was burnt off when his hand caught fire even before he could
light the fuse. 5.9.2009
Source:
"Boy loses fingers just for thrill of firecrackers", 6.9.2009, http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20090906-165933.html
Kampung Teloi Tua. A boy (15) lost all the five
fingers on his left hand after a firecracker exploded in his hand. He lit the
firecracker and was about to throw it when it exploded. 14.9.2009
Source: "Firecracker explodes;
fingers lost", 16.9.2009, http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_430443.html
Kangar.
A
7-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital after suffering burns on his face
while playing with firecrackers near his home in Kampung Pering in Padang Sera,
Kedah, when one of them exploded near his face. 19.9.2009
Source:
"Boy, 7, hurt by firecracker", 19.9.2009, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20090919172855/Article/index_html
Pauh.
A
boy (9) suffered blurred vision and injured the right hand when a firecracker
exploded in his hand. 22.9.2009
Source: "Firecrackers leaves
nine-year-old with blurred vision", 23.9.2009, http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=441953
Kangar. A boy (9) was lighting a firecracker with a
group of friends when it exploded in his hand. He lost the middle finger of his
right hand and two others were badly hurt. He suffered minor injuries to both
eyes and mild burns on his face. 30.9.2009
Source: "Firecracker exploded in
boy's hand", 1.10.2009, http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20091001-171116.html
2008
Bukit Gambir town. Tan Ban Hock (43) was killed when a box of fireworks exploded, hitting him in the
chest. He was found dead, lying on a football field, with his shirt, face, back
and chest burnt. The Muar police chief Asst Comm said each of the fireworks measured at
50.8cm tall with the diameter of about 10.16cm. 5.2.2008
Source: "Man killed by exploding
fireworks", 6.2.2008, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/6/nation/20080206133127&sec=nation
Tawau. Six people were made
homeless when their four wooden houses were destroyed in a fire believed caused
by firecrackers at the Bakeley Park area, Mile 1, off Jalan Apas. It was learnt
that a man in his 30s, believed to be intoxicated, had ignited the firecrackers.
6.2.2008
Source: "Four
Tawau houses destroyed in fire", 10.2.2008, http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=55762
Kampung
Lubok Gong, Rantau Panjang. A boy (11) almost lost his hand when a firecracker
exploded after he and his three friends lit it outside the boy's house. The four
friends made the firecracker using a pipe filled with carbide. The boy sustained
severe injuries to his hand, his friends escaped unhurt.
1.9.2008
Source:
"Boy almost loses hand in firecracker incident", 3.9.2008, http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=356921&cat=et
Kampung
Gong Datuk. A boy (8) is believed to have held a homemade firecracker to check
why the thread had not lit when it exploded. He sustained serious injuries on
his left hand and fingers. 9.9.2008
Source:
"Two pupils hurt by firecrackers", 11.9.2008, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/11/nation/2000136&sec=nation
Tokai,
Pendang. A home-made firecracker exploded in the hand of a boy
(11) before he could throw it. The boy suffered injuries at his right hand, his
right cheek and neck. 15.9.2008
Source:
"Painful lesson as firecracker explodes", 16.9.2008, http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=359438&cat=nt
A boy (11)
was almost blinded when the
firecracker that he lit exploded in front of his face. After lighting the
cracker at his house near Istana Anak Bukit, he immediately looked the other side but it did not explode. When he
turned back, it exploded and burnt his face and eyes. His face suffered 40 per
cent burns. 27.9.2008
Source:
"11 year old almost blinded by firecrackers", 28.9.2008, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/NewsBreak/20080928165953/Article/index_html
"'Mercun
bola' causes 40pc burns to boy's face", 29.9.2008, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2362718/Article/index_html
Kuala
Terengganu. A man (27) who threw ball-ahaped firecrackers at a
police patrol car that drove along Padang Midin and Losong was arrested. He is
being investigated for causing mischief with an explosive substance with
intention to cause damage as well as for possession of firecrackers under the
Explosive Substances Act. 2.10.2008
Source:
"Mat
Rempit nabbed for firecracker attack", 4.10.2008, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/2366148/Article/index_html
"Youth
who threw firecrackers at policemen nabbed", 4.10.2008, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/NewsBreak/20081003182956/Article/index_html
Kampung
Wakaf Bunut in Pasir Putih. A boy (15) lost three fingers when a firecracker
exploded in his right hand. He was using the firecrackers to chase off a stray
cow from his father's vegetable farm. 9.10.2008
Source:
"Bid to scare cow costs him three fingers", 10.10.2008, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/2371155/Article/index_html
"Sitting
PMR exam despite setbacks", 14.10.2008, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2374450/Article/index_html
Taman
Kinrara, Puchong. Two men tried, using firecrackers, to blow up an automated
teller machine (ATM) at the CIMB Bank branch, but the powerful explosion only
damaged the top of the machine. 13.10.2008
Source:
"Thieves
blow up ATM with fireworks bomb", 14.10.2008, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/14/nation/2270584&sec=nation
"Firecrackers
no match for ATM, robbers flee without cash", 13.10.2008, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Frontpage/20081013181501/Article/index_html
"Robbers
botch up at bank and goldsmith", 14.10.2008, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2374656/Article/index_html
2007
Fireworks
spooked a herd of water buffaloes waiting to take part in a parade for the Kedah
Padi Festival. 23.3.2007
Source:
"Water buffaloes waiting for festival parade in fireworks scare",
24.3.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Saturday/NewsBreak/20070324162958/Article/index_html
Kesedar
Sungai Asap. A child (4) was warded after his middle finger on his left hand was
severed following a firecracker explosion (he saw a firecracker on the ground).
4.5.2007
Source:
"Boy loses finger in blast", 5.5.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/20070505110340/Article/index_html
Kg Tanjung Aru Lama. A boy playing with firecrackers is believed to have
set off the biggest fire in the city this year that left more than 240 people homeless. More
than 29 houses were destroyed by the fire. 26.9.2007
Source:
"240 made homeless", 27.9.2007, http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=52948
"Advice
not to build houses too close", 28.9.2007, http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=52971
Kampung Perol. A boy (16) lost his little finger when a firecracker
exploded in his hand. 29.9.2007
Source: "Boy nearly loses finger", 1.10.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20071001075521/Article/index_html
Frustrated that their illegal races are being hampered, some Mat Rempit
in the Hulu Perak district are hurling sphere-shaped firecrackers at police
roadblocks.
Source: "Firecracker attack", 9.10.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/20071009074225/Article/index_html
Kampung Musang, Bagan Dalam. Firework was going off: Seven wooden houses
were on fire. One of the houses gutted was believed to have been used to store
firecrackers which went off during the blaze. 10.10.2007
Source: "Fireworks set off by firecrackers stored in
house on fire", 11.10.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/20071011160853/Article/index_html
Doctors at the Penang Hospital removed a blood clot from the head of a
boy (4) who was struck by a firecracker. The boy was heading home on a
motorcycle ridden by his father after visiting relatives at Teluk Kechai in
Kuala Kedah when a stray firecracker hit his head. 14.10.2007
Source: "2 injured after brush with fireworks",
17.10.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2061529/Article/index_html
Kampung Pong Manis in Kuala Nerang. A boy (13) lost three fingers when
some firecrackers he strung together exploded even before he lit them.
Source:
"Boy loses fingers in firecracker blast", 15.10.2007, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/15/nation/19171496&sec=nation
Jalan Langgar. A girl (11) suffered injuries to her right eye after she
was affected by a blast from fireworks in a kitchen at her flat in Alor Malai.
15.10.2007
Source: "2 injured after brush with fireworks",
17.10.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2061529/Article/index_html
Taman Melor, Pendang. A boy (10) suffered burns on his right leg after a
firecracker set fire to his pant. 15.10.2007
Source: "2 injured after brush with fireworks",
17.10.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2061529/Article/index_html
Kampung
Watt, Lepai. A boy (8)
almost had his hands blown off while shielding a home-made firecracker from the
wind for his friend to light it. 16.10.2007
Source:
"Boy burns palms in firecracker accident", 17.10.2007, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/17/nation/20071017161841&sec=nation
Seremban. Children had found a firecracker, and when it failed to ignite,
a girl went to take a closer look and the firecracker then blew up in her face.
The girl (8) suffered burns on the right side of her face and swellings on her
mouth and right eye 17.10.2007
Source:
"Girl hurt in cracker blast", 19.10.2007, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/20071019080649/Article/inde_html
2006
Bintulu.
A spectacular fireworks display to usher the year 2006 went awry as 26 people,
including two pregnant women and six children aged under 12 years, were injured after being hit
by fireworks. Fireworks was shooting in horizontal direction and into the crowd.
The police explained that based on investigation, one of the devices containing
the fireworks powder malfunctioned and exploded after one of the workers tried
to re-ignite it. 31.12.2005/1.1.2006
Source:
"New year fireworks display
goes awry", 2.1.2006, http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/mon/jan2b1.htm
Jeniang.
Confiscated fireworks were taken in three lorries belonging to a private
transport company to the Hobart Army Camp to be destroyed. The fireworks were
being unloaded from one of the lorries and some of them went off as they were
being unloaded using a backhoe. This triggered a string of loud explosions,
which spread to the other fireworks in the other two lorries. The lorries and an
army truck were destroyed in the incident, which happened in an open space
inside the camp.
Source:
"Fireworks explode while being
disposed of", 26.1.2006, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/1/26/nation/13223060&sec=nation
Gemas.
When adults play with firecrackers, it could lead to death: A man (26) was
stabbed to death and his elder brother injured after a misunderstanding over
firecrackers turned ugly. 13.10.2006
Source:
"Explosive end to row over firecrackers", 16.10.2006, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20061016091702/Article/local1_html
Kampung
Bukit Minyak. A boy (7) was checking on an unexploded firecracker when it
exploded and he suffered injuries on the ace and chin. 17.10.2006
Source:
"Boy hurt in fireworks blast", 20.10.2006, http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20061020085745/Article/index_html
A
boy (9) severed his left index finger, also injured two other fingers and
sustained burns on his right and cheek, when a firecracker he held exploded at
Rancangan Kemajuan Tanah Kesedar Sungai Asap settlement. 18.10.2006
Source:
"Nine-year-old boy loses finger in firecracker explosion", 19.10.2006,
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Thursday/NewsBreak/20061019180156/Article/index_html
Three
Road Transport Department officers manning a road block in Ayer Tawar, received
a startling shock when a group of motorcyclists threw firecrackers at them.
21.10.2006
Source:
"Firecrackers thrown at JPJ team", 22.10.2006, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/22/north/15799971&sec=North
Kampung Pisang in
Kupang. A boy (9) was unable
to throw the firecracker he was holding, the fuse of which had been lit, in
time; so the firecracker exploded in his face, injuring the boy's both eyes and
nose. 25.10.2006
Source:
"Boy injures eyes in firecracker incident", 26.10.2006, http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=45192
2005
Taman
Segar, Cheras. An excavator
operator (29) died after a rocket firecracker exploded in his face outside a pub. Woong Wan Loong, from Raub,
Pahang, with his wife and a friend, went to watch people letting off
firecrackers in front of a pub. When a firecracker failed to explode, he went to
inspect it, the firecracker suddenly exploded and he was thrown away. Woong died
on the spot due to severe injuries to the head and face.
Cheras
OCPD ACP Mohd Noor Masdar said, storing, selling, distributing, buying and
letting off firecrackers were against the law.
7.2.2005
Source:
"Excavator
operator killed by firecracker", 8.2.2005, http://www.kancilkiller.net/2005/02/please-blow-my-head-off.asp
Kampung Berjaya. A boy (8) burnt three of his fingers on his right hand while playing with
firecrackers at his home at about 8 p.m. The incident occurred when he was
peeling and emptying the gunpowder into a container; suddenly the gunpowder in
the container flared up and burnt his hands. 15.10.2005
Source:
"Boy burns fingers playing with crackers", 17.10.2005, http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=37815
2004
Kampung Ulu
Sipitang. A boy (10) was
injured while lighting the firecrackers' powder. The explosive powder had been
extracted from the firecrackers and compacted into a hollow part of an umbrella's
steel shaft. He was holding the powder-filled shaft with his left hand and
trying to light a fuse coming out from one end of the steel with his right hand
when the mixture exploded. He lost part of his left thumb, index and middle
fingers. 5.11.2004
Source:
"Boy loses 3 fingers to firecrackers", 5.11.2004, http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=30539
Seven
antelopes and two giraffes in Malaysia's national zoo were injured after
pranksters attacked them with firecrackers. Unidentified visitors to the zoo
fired homemade firecrackers at the animals, said Malaysian Zoological Society
Chairman Ismail Hutson. Two African antelopes lost their tails, while the other
animals suffered skin lacerations.
18.11.2004
Source:
"World News Quick Take", 22.11.2004, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/11/22/2003212110
1991
Kuala
Lumpur.
Origin of accident:
Explosion /
Products involved:
Fireworks /
Number of Deaths: 41;
Injured: 61 / 4.5.1991
Source:
From the list "Disasters by Date",
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/lists/disasterdate.html
Sungai Buloh, Selangor. 22 people were killed and more than 103 others
injured in an explosion at the Bright Sparklers
fireworks factory. 7.5.1991
Source:
"Tragic Disasters in Malaysia", http://www.mvfra.org/Tragic.htm
"A
small fire station in a big suburb", http://202.186.86.35/special/online/fireman/living.htm
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