The fireworks sale starts on Thursday. Enthusiasts can’t wait to shoot the often carefully selected items. A lot of people actually hate the banging.
Around the past two years, fireworks were not allowed to be set off anywhere in the Netherlands due to corona and the imminent overload of hospitals. This year, the rules from before the corona pandemic apply. Traders see a tsunami of orders .
There is a downside. For weeks, large batches of illegal and often purchased fireworks have been wounded. Dangerous, the police warned last week when 84 kilos of heavy fireworks were seized in a house in Barger-Compascuum and 184 kilos in a house in Zwartemeer.
The police say they want to make a case for a national fireworks ban if lighting fireworks this New Year leads to ‘a lot of injury, misery and damage’. What do you think, is it time for a total fireworks ban? Participate in the statement of the day and give your opinion.