Meteor explodes over Russia, nearly 1,000 injured
A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people.
A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people.
The number of persons injured by firecrackers during the holidays has risen to 862, the Department of Health said Saturday.
A seven-year-old child who has been inside the surgical intensive care unit of a Quezon City hospital after being hit in the head by a stray bullet during the New Year revelry survived two cardiac arrests early Wednesday, her attending physician said.
Celebratory gunfire killed a four-year-old boy and more than 400 others were injured by powerful firecrackers in typically rowdy New Year celebrations in Metro Manila, officials said Tuesday.
About 84 revellers welcoming the new year were injured in Metro Manila due to firecracker, the Department of Health said Tuesday.
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Seven persons, including three children, were wounded on Thursday when a leaking liquefied petroleum (LPG) tank exploded and triggered a fire in front of a junk shop in Barangay Calamba in Cebu City. Among those hurt was Carlito Tampon who tried to sell three LPG tanks used by taxi units [...]
Some P1-million worth of properties went up in smoke after fire gutted a residential area in Tondo, Manila early morning Friday.
Three persons were wounded following a grenade explosion in Carmen, Davao del Norte, early Monday, the police said.
The Black Nazarene float was stalled for at least another hour on Carlos Palanca St. in Quiapo district, as tension rose between police and devotees on whether the procession should take a shortcut or not.
The Philippine Red Cross’ first-aid and paramedic teams attended to 256 devotees who suffered minor injuries or fell ill during the procession of the Black Nazarene on Monday.
The Department of Health (DOH) will not revert back to “scare tactics” in their efforts to reduce the number of injuries during New Year revelries but will expand its new campaign and instead propose a ban on the individual use of fireworks in order to significantly reduce injuries and deaths, something the department was not able to achieve this year.
Health authorities on Monday said a 9-year-old boy died in Cabanatuan City on New Year’s Day from massive injuries from a firecracker explosion in the first known death from violent New Year’s revelries. The tally of the injured has climbed to 739.
Palace officials were elated over the generally peaceful celebration of New Year’s Eve, hoping and vowing at the same time that future celebrations would cause less injury to revelers.
