Last night in the Netherlands: Boy (14) dies, another boy (13) loses hand, dozens need eye surgery, more fine particles emitted than all road vehicles do in a year, €118 million blown up instead of put to use, millions of pets in fear, wildlife disturbed. Private fireworks: great tradition.
Mayor of Rotterdam, where the 14-year old died, calls for national ban on private fireworks, gets lots of support.
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/roep-om-landelijk-vuurwerkverbod-van-burgemeester-schouten-massaal-gesteund-dit-is-toch-vreselijk~a93853d6/
Roep om landelijk vuurwerkverbod van burgemeester Schouten massaal gesteund: ‘Dit is toch vreselijk’

Na de dood van een 14-jarige jongen in Rotterdam, als gevolg van een tragisch vuurwerkincident, is voor burgemeester Carola Schouten de maat vol: voer een landelijk vuurwerkverbod in. Ze krijgt volop bijval.

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Tweede dodelijk slachtoffer door vuurwerk: man in Tiel overleden na explosie

Een man uit Tiel is woensdag overleden aan zijn verwondingen na een explosie met zwaar vuurwerk op Oudejaarsavond. Hij is de tweede die overlijdt aan de gevolgen van een vuurwerkincident. Eerder kwam een veertienjarige jongen in Rotterdam om het leven.

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Dutch police chief Janny Knol is in favour of a national ban on private fireworks. Opinion polls suggest this is supported by a majority of the people too, but the current coalition sees it as an 'important Dutch tradition'.
https://nos.nl/l/2550288
Korpschef politie: 'Storing bij communicatie leidde tot vervelende incidenten'

Tijdens de nieuwsjaarnacht lag het communicatienetwerk er uren uit.

The Mayors of Amsterdam and Utrecht support the call by the Mayor of Rotterdam and the national police chief for a ban on private fireworks after the deadly event.
PM Schoof was quick to say that won't happen. Because? His coalition doesn't support it. A killer argument. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/01/01/vuurwerk-is-een-traditie-maar-hoeveel-mag-die-kosten-a4878284
Vuurwerk is een traditie. ‘Maar hoeveel mag die kosten?’

Oud en Nieuw: Na volgens de politie „heftige incidenten” en twee dodelijke slachtoffers door vuurwerk pleiten burgemeesters opnieuw voor een landelijk verbod. Lokale verboden hebben volgens hen niet geleid tot minder incidenten en zijn moeilijk te handhaven.

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@Sustainable2050 Whenever I hear "Dutch tradition" I always think carbid kanon 🙂 As an engineer who has always been a bit of a pyro, I definitely support the idea of a ban on private fireworks.

@PatrickHerd @Sustainable2050 oh, that stuff will be hard to ban since it's an officially recognized tradition. Normal firework isn't.

But you know... Pretty much all incidents with fireworks is from already illegal fireworks. A ban is useless. What are you gonna do? Make it even more illegal?

@PatrickHerd @Sustainable2050 carbid kanons are pretty dope, I can confirm 😁
@diondokter @Sustainable2050 Yeah, I'd definitely go after fireworks before carbid kanons: Kanon requires some technical knowledge and involves significantly more immediate personal risk, kind of works like a combination lock. Better to go after all fireworks as then regardless a person can be arrested for possession or ignition.

@Sustainable2050 Here in Ireland we have probably the strictest laws against private firework purchase and possession in the EU. But huge numbers of people just illegally import them anyway, so it still sounds like a warzone every Hallowe'en and New Year's Eve.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sizeable-increase-in-halloween-night-emergency-calls-on-last-year-paramedics-respond-to-numerous-firework-injuries/a677776085.html

Sizeable increase in Halloween night emergency calls on last year, paramedics respond to numerous firework inj

Dublin Fire Brigade received almost 500 calls to fires and over 400 emergency ambulance calls on Halloween last night, with paramedics also responding to a number of hand and facial injuries caused by fireworks across the capital.

Irish Independent
@Sustainable2050 Seems being an egomanic asshole is popular among these in power as "Important European Tradition" all over Europe. 😕
@Sustainable2050 Wait, that can't be true. Germany had 5 dead from fireworks on New Year's Eve. It's clearly a German tradition!