New Year's barrels: injured in different regions, 558 fire brigade interventions

Despite the bans, many celebrated the arrival of the new year with fireworks and there is no shortage of injured. A 40-year-old in Taranto lost a hand, a young man was seriously injured in Ascoli. In Naples, a man was hit by a stray bullet, 14 in all were wounded in Campania. Four were injured in Puglia, three of whom were amputated due to the barrels. One injured by the explosion of a firecracker in Decimomannu (Cagliari): he risks losing three fingers.

In total there were 558 interventions by the fire brigade for fires attributable to the New Year celebrations, an increase compared to last year, when they were 229.

 The highest number this year in Lombardy, where they were 72, follow: Emilia Romagna 68 , Lazio 66, Campania 60, Veneto 46, Tuscany 44, Sicily 43, Liguria 37, Puglia 35.

At the moment, the budget of the New Year's Eve in Rome is seven injured by the barrels. According to what is learned, none seriously. Among these, two people in the Montemario area reported trauma to the eyes due to the explosion of a firecracker. Another was injured in the ankle outside a restaurant in the Primavalle area, on the outskirts, after being hit by a firecracker. Finally, another person who had bought a blank pistol to celebrate, while using it, injured his index finger which led to a partial amputation of the phalanx.

It was a night at the end of the year with very few injuries, indeed "as we have not remembered for some time in Milan and in the hinterland that of the celebrations for New Year 2022. This is confirmed by the 118 operations centers and the fire brigade, which have not registered, until this morning, serious cases. Even the local police do not report any major road accidents. The 118 rescued, from midnight to 6 this morning, three people for slight injuries or minor burns, all accompanied in green code to the emergency room Over 500 interventions, according to initial estimates, which will have to be confirmed in the morning, but the severity level definitely dropped. The Vdfs from 20 to 6 had to intervene due to a house fire and 13 fires on balconies, almost all due to the barrels, but without having to save anyone.A hundred, in all, the exits of the firefighters.

Barrels and fireworks greeted the arrival of the new year in Naples, despite the order banning them issued by the mayor Gaetano Manfredi. The same, however, happened in several other centers of the province where similar measures had been issued. The provision entered into force from 4 pm yesterday and remains valid until next midnight, but as early as yesterday afternoon, even if with different intensity compared to the approach of the new year, strong explosions had begun to be heard in the various districts of the city.

At the moment, the overall budget of the New Year's Eve in Campania is fourteen injured in total. Figures in sharp decline compared to those of previous years. Nine injured are recorded between Naples and the province, four in the capital and five in the rest of the Neapolitan area. Three people were rescued in Salerno hospitals. One wounded in Avellino and one in Caserta. The most serious consequences for a 47-year-old man from Carbonara di Nola who lost an eye. Eye injuries also for a 53 year old in Naples.

Three people were injured in the province of Salerno due to the explosion of firecrackers on New Year's Eve. The most serious accident, however, occurred in the province of Naples where a 47-year-old man, originally from Carbonara di Nola, lost an eye. The wounded man was first transported to the hospital in Sarno, in the Salerno area, and then to that of Nocera Inferiore where he was hospitalized. Also in Sarno the other two people were rescued: it is a young man who reported a ten-day prognosis for burns due to the explosion of a firecracker and a 21-month-old child who was treated for a mild burn caused by a Christmas star, reporting a prognosis of seven days. The toll of the injured, therefore, is in line with last year when two injured in the Salerno area were recorded.

The 22-year-old was seriously injured in both hands after midnight due to the explosion of some firecrackers that he was throwing, making the square explode with some friends. in Roccafluvione (Ancona). According to preliminary information, the young man suffered the subtotal amputation of some fingers of both hands. After the accident, the boy was rescued by doctors and taken to the emergency room of the Mazzoni hospital in Ascoli Piceno. Then he is transferred to the Torrette hospital in Ancona, where the Center for Hand Surgery is located, to be subjected to surgery at dawn.

A 54-year-old man was seriously injured in the hand following the explosion of a firecracker last night in Decimomannu, in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari. According to reports, the man ignited the charge with gunpowder which exploded earlier than expected. The blast partially amputated his phalanges by three fingers. 118 ambulances immediately intervened on the spot and transported the injured person to the Brotzu hospital in Cagliari in red code. The police are working on reconstructing the episode.

A total of 727,780 rescue interventions were carried out in Italy by the firefighters in 2021, an average of 2,000 per day.

Increase compared to 2020, when the interventions were 705,000.

In Sicily the greatest number of rescues, 78,535.

Followed by: Lombardy 75.290, Lazio 65.966, Campania 62.8783 Tuscany 54.331, Emilia Romagna 53.715, Piedmont 50.672.

Puglia 49,533, Veneto and Trentino AA 41,146.

Calabria 34.213, Sardinia 30.300, Liguria 28.373, Marche 25.518, Friuli VG 21.358, Abruzzo 20.072, Umbria 19.098, Basilicata 9.959 and Molise 6.918.

Of the 727,780 interventions, 194,680 involved fires and explosions, 140,555 rescues and rescues, 45,179 static disasters and 38,772 road accidents.