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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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Dutch government unveils €100 million compensation for fireworks ban
9 May 2026 - 09:45
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Two-thirds of Dutch support nationwide consumer fireworks ban, survey finds
28 December 2025 - 11:25
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A bulletproof and stab-resistant vest worn by Dutch police officers. November 2023
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Police officers attacked with fireworks outside Naaldwijk café; No arrests made
23 March 2025 - 18:00
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Illegal Cobra fireworks
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300 kilos of illegal fireworks seized in Winterswijk residential area; two arrested
1 January 2025 - 21:10
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Police officers and forensic investigators at the scene of a crime
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14-year-old killed in Rotterdam fireworks accident; Mayor urges nationwide ban
1 January 2025 - 08:00
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More than 800 kilograms of illegal fireworks were found in a company building on the Cornelis Verolmeweg in Sassenheim
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Police receive record number of anonymous tips about illegal fireworks
31 December 2024 - 20:20
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
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Erasmus Bridge fireworks show to proceed despite powerful wind
31 December 2024 - 08:30
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Ambulance in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Man injured while planting explosive on car in Rotterdam
26 December 2024 - 10:15
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Illegal Cobra fireworks
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Police: youths dominate firework-related incidents
20 December 2024 - 07:30
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The Fire Department logo on a building in Amsterdam. 4 April 2023
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Fireworks accident leaves one man dead in Haarlem; Teen & toddler hurt in separate cases
1 January 2024 - 07:15
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Helicopter ambulance
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Fireworks incident in Limburg left a 36-year-old man dead
31 December 2023 - 08:32
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A police officer at a crime scene in 2020
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Fireworks accident kills one, injures another in Limburg village
30 December 2023 - 22:28
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An ambulance in the Netherlands
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Minor arrested after shooting incident in Coevorden; explosion at Alkmaar home
30 September 2023 - 17:30
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Ambulance in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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24-year-old man in Ridderkerk dies after firework accident
18 December 2022 - 16:10
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Dutch police: charge firework throwers with attempted murder
19 June 2017 - 16:00

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