Fireworks

Despite the recession, the Dutch have not been economising on buying fireworks for the New Year’s celebrations. The BPN fireworks association says the public will have spent at least as much if not more on fireworks this time round compared with last New Year. read more  

Sparklers, artillery shells and Black Cats! Oh my!Fireworks officially went on sale Friday morning in Ector County after the commissioners’ court amended the disaster declaration Tuesday to allow the sale of some fireworks after recent snowfall and...  

It's that time of year when spectacular fireworks shows fill the sky with light, firecrackers fill neighborhoods with noise, and many animals try to get away from it all -- only to run away from home. Here are some important reminders for pet owners whose furry friends go missing on New Year's Eve.  

Lumberton EMS just transported a person from Lumberton to a Beaumont hospital after the person suffered severe burns while preparing to shoot off fireworks Saturday night. The incident is under investigation. Six News Anchor Ashley Gaston will have...  

Pre-applications for the sale of “Safe and Sane” fireworks can now be obtained from Porterville Fire Department Station 1, 40 W. Cleveland Ave. The applications can be picked up from 9 a.m. today until 5 p.m. March 15, which is the deadline to...  

Sparks cause firework explosion at a Thailand resort (VIDEO). Revellers at the resort of Hua Hin in Thailand received more than they bargained for New Years when a fireworks display exploded out of control, reports the Telegraph. The incident caused many ...  

Fireworks also lit up the sky on the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise foreshore. Humid weather in Melbourne brought out a crowd of 600,000, who were thrilled by a 10-minute golden fireworks display at 9.45pm (AEDT) and then gold flares fired across the city ...  

"People are spent or people are broke from the Christmas season, or Christmas shopping." But that's not stopping Kenneth Jenkins from fireworks shopping. "It just makes it more fun," he said. "We try to have one or two families and friends get together.  

Officials say the injuries were serious and life-threatening and were consistent with trauma caused by the explosion of a large caliber firework. According to fire officials, at least nine other fires were reported as probably fireworks-related.  

SIOUX FALLS, SD - A new law allows South Dakotans to celebrate New Years by lighting off fireworks this weekend. After four days of selling the pyrotechnics for the first time in the winter, firework sales fizzle when compared to retailer's ...  

China DailyFireworks send senior citizen packingChina DailyThe board says do not explode fireworks at midnight. Li Haozhou, who has a troubled heart and high blood pressure, said he was hit by heart disease last year when huge firecrackers exploded near his apartment during the Chinese New Year, nearly costing ...  

Expect no fireworks from Brussels summit: BGC PartnersMoneycontrol.comLouise Cooper of BGC Partners expects no fireworks from the summit. Commenting on the Spanish Q4 GDP numbers, "The growth is terribly difficult to achieve when countries like Spain are coming out of a credit bubble after massive amount of debts have ...and more »  

3News NZFireworks Send Beijing Air Pollution SoaringClaimsJournal.comClouds of smoke from Lunar New Year fireworks sent the China city of Beijing's air pollution soaring under a new more sensitive measurement system, reports said Sunday. Readings of fine particulate matter called PM2.5 reached 1.593 milligrams per cubic ...Beijing air pollution soars with fireworks smoke3News NZall 198 news articles »  

Sonoma Police: Fireworks at School, Marijuana Transportation, Cell Phone ...Patch.comFireworks on Campus: At 11:51 am 15-year-old Sonoma boy's mom called the police department to notify them that her son had gone to Sonoma Valley High School with an explosive device in his backpack – she said she worried he might be 'a danger' to the ...  

CBC.caPension fireworks light up ParliamentLondon Free PressBy MARK DUNN, Senior National Reporter, QMI Agency Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, January 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Chris Wattie) OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper came ...Conservative agenda awaiting ParliamentWinnipeg Free Pressall 281 news articles »