A 70-year-old man was killed and another person severely injured in a firecracker explosion on the premises of a church at Kadathy near Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district of Kerala on Sunday (January ...

MANILA, Philippines — A sharp rise in fireworks-related injuries or FWRI has been reported by the Department of Health (DOH), with cases more than doubling as late hospital reports continue to come in ...

An official of the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Manila expressed concern as more young people fall victim to firecrackers. In Marisol Abdurrahman’s report in “24 Oras” on Wednesday, a 19-year ...

CEBU, Philippines — Authorities are searching for two customers who reportedly bought firecrackers moments before a fire erupted at a makeshift firecracker stall at sitio Estaca in Barangay Minolos, ...

A nine-year-old boy from Surigao del Norte sustained an eye injury caused by a firecracker, the first firecracker-related injury in the Caraga region since the start of the Yuletide season. INQUIRER ...

EcoWaste Coalition and the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) urge Filipinos to celebrate a firecracker-free New Year to protect pets and children from fear, safeguard public health, and reduce ...

The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded a total of 28 firework-related injuries nationwide. In an advisory on Christmas Day, the DOH shared that eight new cases have been recorded between December ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A firecracker permit and a valid identification is required to purchase, posses, and use firecrackers on Oahu. The Honolulu Fire Department has approved 14,510 firecracker ...

One of Hawaii's most famous content creators is leaving the islands. But before she goes, Corina Quach reflects on how she got her start and what’s next. Amana Lofts is on track to convert a former ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — One of the largest retailers of firecrackers in the state says it won’t be selling this year and authorities want to remind everyone to celebrate safely this new year. At this strip ...

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

LIHUE — The Kauai Fire Department is reminding the public that firecracker permit applications will be available online only through Dec. 31. Denver-based Brue Baukol bought the land under the farm in ...