Fireworks reduced by 20%
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Monday, 18 February 2013 09:52
It was learned from Ningbo Municipal Security Commission Office on February 11 that this year the total amount of fireworks set off on the Spring Festival Eve and the Spring Festival Day reduced by over 20% over the same period last year, and the discharge duration also shortened greatly.
In accordance with the proposal by some related departments of "celebrating in a more civilized way with less fireworks", most citizens actively reduced their purchase and discharge of fireworks. As a result, both the amount of fireworks and the fire accidents and casualties caused by the discharge of fireworks fell dramatically.
Statistics show that on the Spring Festival Eve and the Spring Festival Day the total amount of fireworks reached 133,000 boxes, down by 23.9% over the same period last year. In Haishu District, Jiangdong District and Jiangbei District, the total amount of fireworks discharged reached 10600 boxes, down by 35.8%. Only 5 fire accidents were caused by the setting off of fireworks (down by 61.6%), which left 16 people injured, down by 60%. So far, no fatality has been reported.
The Security Commission Office calls on people to reduce or even stop setting off fireworks on the fifth day of the first lunar month, when it is a tradition for people to set off fireworks to welcome the Fortun