New Year's Eve balance sheet
“Hit” with rockets in the face and hedge fire
As beautiful as fireworks can be, they can also be very dangerous if you are not extremely careful. Bad accidents often happen, especially with supposed misfires. Two Carinthians experienced this first-hand on New Year's Eve.
From a safe distance, pyrotechnics are a wonderful spectacle, and not just on New Year's Eve. But setting them off always puts you in a certain danger zone, especially if it doesn't work straight away due to the cold or damp. When the Pummerin rings, various rockets are launched throughout the country - and two Carinthians were unlucky ...
Painful accidents with rockets
In the municipality of Steinfeld, a 35-year-old man had set up a category F2 firework battery in his garden. "As it didn't go off immediately, the 35-year-old went back to the battery and leaned over it. Suddenly the battery ignited," reported the police. "The man was injured to an indeterminate degree in the facial area." After first aid, he was immediately taken to hospital in Spittal by ambulance.
A 20-year-old in the municipality of Wernberg suffered a similar fate - he set off a similar firework battery in a field. "A projectile hit him directly in the face. The 20-year-old suffered injuries of indeterminate severity and was taken to Klagenfurt Hospital after initial treatment by the emergency services," said the police. In both cases, it was not possible to determine who was at fault.
Hedge fire caused by pyrotechnics
A fireworks display in an allotment garden near St. Veit was less tragic. There, shortly after midnight, a hedge was set on fire by a pyrotechnic object - the flames raged over a length of a good six meters. However, the St. Donat and St. Veit an der Glan fire departments were able to quickly bring the fire under control and extinguish it.
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