Vic: Victorians warned of the dangers of fireworks

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2004
Vic: Victorians warned of the dangers of fireworks

Victorians are being warned not to use illegal fireworks this Easter after a woman
partially lost her sight at a Greek Easter celebration last year.

WorkSafe's executive director JOHN MERRITT says last year's incident and another in
2002 when a teenage boy died after being struck on the head by a tube-launched shell,
highlight the dangers of fireworks.

He says fireworks are not toys.

Most types of fireworks have been illegal in Victoria for almost 20 years.

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