In Halmstad, several boys set off fireworks from an apartment on Saturday. One of the boys was hit and had to go to hospital for burns to his ear. A minor boy is suspected of causing danger to another and causing bodily harm.
Late in the afternoon, a group of boys shot rockets from the roof of a parking garage in Trollhättan at people who were going into a business building. No one is said to have been injured.
The police also had to move out in the municipality of Berg after a person shot rockets at a car. The driver was blinded and drove into the ditch, but escaped unhurt.
In the municipality of Lilla Edet, two incidents with fireworks occurred. On one occasion, it was a multi-family building where fireworks exploded in a stairwell. On the second occasion, it was a car that caught fire after someone threw fireworks under it.
Even in Gislaved and Värnamo, the police had to move out when young people shot rockets around them.
Most common cause of accidents
Every year, just under 100 people are injured so seriously by fireworks that they have to seek hospital treatment, according to figures from the Norwegian Agency for Community Safety and Emergency Preparedness (MSB).
The most common cause of accidents is that the firework did not explode when it should, and that people therefore approached to investigate why.
When and where you can set off fireworks varies a lot depending on which municipality you live in. On the municipality’s website there is information about what applies where you live.
There is also an age limit to take into account. You must be at least 18 years old to handle explosive goods, including fireworks. Stick rockets may no longer be fired without permission.
Advice for those planning to set off their own fireworks on New Year’s Eve is to be sober, prepare the fireworks well in advance and keep a safe distance