A firecracker victim arrives at Dr. Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Manila during New Year revelry. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES
MANILA, Philippines—The number of firecracker-related injuries has reached 804 as of 6 a.m. Thursday, Health Assistant Secretary Dr. Eric Tayag said.
Tayag posted in his Twitter account, that of the total incidents, 793 were caused by firecrackers, two by firecracker ingestion and nine due to stray bullets.
Of the 793 firecracker blasts, 306 or 39 percent were from piccolo blasts. The firecracker is among the banned powerful and dangerous pyrotechnics in the Philippines.
The DOH started its countdown on December 21, 2013 and will end on Sunday.
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