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BASTILLE DAY

Spectacular July 14th fireworks light up Paris

Paris celebrated France's national Bastille Day in style on Tuesday with a huge fireworks bonanza that lit up the sky and showed exactly why the French capital is called the City of Light. Here's what you missed.

Published: 15 July 2015 08:43 CEST
Spectacular July 14th fireworks light up Paris
Paris witnessed another spectacular fireworks show on Tuesday to mark Bastille. Photo: AFP
France annual Bastille Day celebrations climaxed in the usual spectacular fashion on Tuesday with a stunning fireworks display that lit up the skies above the Eiffel Tower.

Here's a selection of images and videos, just in case you missed it.

(People wait for the fireworks to be launched above the Eiffel Tower. AFP)

(The Eiffel Tower is lit up with the colors of the French national flag prior to the beginning of the show. AFP)

(Photo: AFP)

 

See a repeat of the full show here.

 
 
Earlier in the day the Champs Elysée hosted the annual Bastille Day parade, attended by French president François Hollande as well as numerous other dignitaries.
 
 
 
 
 

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FIREWORKS

Firework kills 13-year-old boy in Italy on New Year’s Eve

A 13-year-old boy was killed, 79 people injured, and huge numbers of birds left dead by New Year’s Eve fireworks in Italy, despite local bans on personal firework displays.

Published: 2 January 2021 13:05 CET
Firework kills 13-year-old boy in Italy on New Year's Eve
Fireworks above St Peter's Basilica in Rome on New Year's Eve. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP
The boy, from a Roma camp outside the northern Italian city of Asti, died in hospital in the early hours of New Year's Day after a firecracker severely injured his abdomen. 
 
At the same time, the International Organization for the Protection of Animals (OIPA) called for a ban on fireworks in a post showing starling carcasses littering a street in Rome. 
 
“It can be that they died from fear. They can fly up together and knock against each other, or hit windows or electric power lines. Let’s not forget they can also die of heart attacks,” said Loredana Diglio, a spokeswoman for the organisation.
 
 

Despite the boy's tragic death, a local ban on personal fireworks displays in Rome, and nationwide lockdown over New Year's Eve meant for an unusually subdued celebrations, with the number of accidents requiring firefighters to be called out was down by two thirds. 
 
Firefighters carried out 229 interventions across Italy over New Year’s Eve, compared with 686 last year, the the department of public security said in over Twitter. 
 
Of the 79 people injured, 23 were hospitalised,
 
Most of of the call-outs were in Lazio, the region surrounding Rome.
 
A woman was taken to hospital in Naples after she was hit on the head by a firecracker splinter while taking the rubbish out. 
 
A man in Milan lost two of his fingers in the most serious incident there, while others across Italy reported injuries to their hands and close to their eyes. 
 
Eight of the total injured were children.
 
OIPA said that the birds dead in the picture appeared to have been killed by a particularly loud display of firecrackers and fireworks in the leafy neighborhood where many of the birds have their nests. 
 
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