The case in summary Fireworks that are thrown in the garbage can cause fires at the garbage facility, which can have serious consequences. Unused or damaged fireworks should be returned to the place of purchase. The fire service has created a checklist for the safe use of fireworks, which includes checking that the fireworks are not damaged, making sure they are stable and wearing safety glasses. Fireworks can still pose a fire hazard long after they have been set off, and it is recommended to leave them outside at a safe distance from buildings overnight. If there is any doubt that all the fireworks have gone off, or if they were defective, they should be returned to the retailer. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – The consequences are that it can spread further. A major fire at the facility is something we really fear, says Ken-Thomas Olsen, operations operator at Iris Salten’s waste facility in Bodø. A little under a year ago, the working day for Olsen and his colleagues became much more hectic than planned. The facility lit up in green and red when a battery of fireworks went off. The explosion led to small fires in several places. MORE FIRES: Batteries are most often the cause of fires at Iris Salten, but fireworks also catch fire now and then, says Ken-Thomas Olsen. Photo: Daniel Hong Hansen / news – Unfortunately, we have good experience in putting out fires, so luckily it went well, says Olsen. According to him, there are regular fires at the facility. Most often, the fires are caused by batteries that have been thrown into residual waste. But they regularly experience fires in connection with fireworks that have been thrown in the rubbish. With New Year’s Eve now just around the corner, Iris Salten therefore has a call for people: – Unused or broken fireworks must be delivered where you bought them. This is what it looked like when a battery caught fire at a waste facility in Bodø a couple of years ago. Batteries still end up in the trash. It is now having consequences. They say the same in Bergen and Oslo. Here too, fireworks residues can be thrown in the residual waste. But only if you are absolutely sure that all the fireworks have actually been set off. That’s what communications manager Eva Skjold at BIR AS says. – If you are in doubt, take it to the recycling station. Don’t take any chances, there are more than enough fires caused by waste that is thrown away incorrectly. Fireworks that have not been used, or that have not gone off properly, must not be thrown in residual waste or handed in for recycling. This must be delivered where you bought the fireworks. Photo: Daniel Hong Hansen / news The same call is given by communication adviser Jørgen Bakke Fredriksen in Oslo municipality. – Used fireworks must be completely cooled, you must be sure that there is nothing explosive left, and then they can be delivered as residual waste. Unused fireworks, on the other hand, must not be thrown in the residual waste, nor can they be delivered to the recycling station. You return the unused fireworks to the store where they were purchased, then the store can deliver them on to the importer. Important to take precautions The fire service also asks people to be careful. According to DSB, 71 unwanted incidents were reported after last New Year’s Eve. 31 of them were personal injuries, the rest were fires, fires or near misses. Salten Brann has had several incidents in recent years where fireworks have been the cause of fires. Ivar Hogstad is head of the preventive department. He says that the biggest challenge is fireworks that are handled incorrectly when they are set off. – If you have not set up the firework steadily enough, it can quickly start to move when you light it. Then the shots can go in the wrong direction and it won’t be quite as planned, he says. The fire service has created a simple checklist for the use of fireworks. The fire service’s advice for safe launching Check that the fireworks are not damaged. If it is damaged, it must be returned to the dealer. Make sure that the ground battery is stable and safe, prop it up with snow if there is any. Read the instructions for use carefully and ensure that the correct safety distance is kept when launching. Wear protective glasses to avoid eye damage. Use a lighter to light the fuse. If the fuse does not light the first time, wait 30 minutes and pour water over it. Return the fireworks to the retailer. Never light the fuse twice! After finishing the launch, it is important to clean up the remains. Alcohol and fireworks don’t mix! With alcohol in your blood, you react more slowly. You also get poor judgment. Source: Salten Brann But the danger is not over when the smoke from the fireworks has settled. Can smolder for a long time – Fireworks can be left standing for quite a long time and still pose a fire hazard. We know of people who have started cleaning up later in the evening, put the used fireworks in the boot of the car, and found the car full of smoke, says Hogstad. His recommendation is to leave the fireworks outside at a safe distance from buildings and the like overnight. – But how do you check that the fireworks have actually been set off? – Such batteries are mostly used today. If it first starts going off, then usually all the shots go off. But you can see it by gunpowder residue and whether all the tubes are empty, says Hogstad. – But if you have the slightest doubt and everything has gone off, or you know that the fireworks were defective, then you return them to the people you bought them from. They must have systems to accept such things. RETURN: Ivar Hogstad, head of the preventive department at Salten Brann, says that you must return unused and defective fireworks to the dealer. Photo: Niklas Aune Johnsen
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Here there is a bang at the garbage facility – fireworks in the garbage can be fatal – news Nordland
