Firework ban doesn't stop injuries

[NewsWhore]

Although government officials have banned the sale of fireworks in order to reduce injuries, especially among children, Hoy reports that three youngsters, all 11 years old, were burned on their hands and faces after playing with fireworks on Christmas Eve. Doctor Julio Cesar Marte Sime explained that two of the children sustained severe facial burns and one child is likely to suffer permanent hearing damage. The children's parents blamed firefighters for the injuries. One parent claimed that a fireman had seized some fireworks and brought them home. Eventually her child found the fireworks and lit one. Another parent blamed a colmado owner who supposedly gave the explosives to neighborhood children. The injuries happened in Santiago. The government successfully imposed the ban on firework sales in Santo Domingo, where there were no injuries reported.

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