fireworks accidents

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Helicopter ambulance
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Record calls, injuries, fireworks incidents mark New Year’s Eve in the Netherlands
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A police officer with an ambulance in the background
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Fireworks accidents kill teen in Nijmegen, man in Aalsmeer; Two hurt in The Hague
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The front of a Dutch fire department vehicle in 2022
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Zeeland dune fire burns area equal to three football fields; fireworks suspected
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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
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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 police don't want to work over New Year's due to fireworks
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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
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
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Firework sales surge amid bans, police seize 4,000 kilos at German border
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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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Fireworks sales begin in the Netherlands amid strict regulations
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The emergency room and urgent care entrance at the OLVG West in Amsterdam. 15 March 2022
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Over 150 eye injuries during New Year's; Ophthalmologists want fireworks ban
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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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Plastic surgeons treated 54 with critical injuries caused by fireworks
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The emergency room and urgent care entrance at the OLVG West in Amsterdam. 15 March 2022
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Rotterdam Eye Hospital treats 18 for fireworks injuries; All emergency rooms kept busy
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Fireworks at Scheveningen beach in 2018
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Eye Hospital’s youngest fireworks patient is 7; Eye removed from another NYE victim
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A banner advertising fireworks sales at a shop in Amsterdam. 31 December 2022
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17 fireworks victims being treated for eye injuries at specialist hospital
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Firecrackers going off on New Year's Day in 2009
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Burn centers have treated 26 children with serious fireworks injuries since November
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Ash, rubble and debris caused by fireworks in Amsterdam Oost. Jan. 1, 2020
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Twice as many fireworks injuries as last year, despite fireworks ban
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Ash, rubble and debris caused by fireworks in Amsterdam Oost. Jan. 1, 2020
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Fireworks ban violators hit with €100 fine, criminal record strike