Two customers allegedly tested a firecracker inside a regulated selling zone, triggering a blaze that destroyed nine firecracker stalls at Sitio Estaca, Barangay Minolos in this town.

Nagpur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) initiated the process of testing firecrackers for noise pollution at the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) facility located at ...

Diwali may just be a less noisy affair this year, if firecracker dealers in the city are to be believed. But while shopkeepers say more people are opting for less noisy crackers, a recent decibel (dB) ...

At least nine stalls that sold firecrackers were razed in Barangay Minolos, Barili, Cebu. According to witnesses, the noise ...

Mumbai: Ahead of the Diwali festival, Awaaz foundation and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) conducted their annual firecrackers testing to verify if they fall under the permitted decible ...

Firecracker sellers in Pune city made a similar observation that the demand for firecrackers that generate loud noise has decreased significantly in recent years At least 15 out of 18 types of ...

A fire broke out and destroyed at least eight stalls selling firecrackers in Barili, Cebu, after a buyer tested an item.

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has prohibited consumers from bringing lighters and testing firecrackers at designated ...

Impact of Diwali firecracker emissions on India's air quality; New Delhi tops the chart of worst AQI, A study by Airvoice reveals a significant PM2.5 spike from Diwali firecrackers, which normalizes ...

The weeklong conference of the Pyrotechnics Guild International in Wisconsin could end with a bang. Patty Murray of Wisconsin Public Radio reports, members of PGI plan to set off a "superstring" of 10 ...