MANILA, Philippines: Philippine officials say firecrackers have left at least one man dead, 380 other revelers injured and caused a fire that gutted 1,000 shanties, despite rains and a government scare campaign.
Health Secretary Janet Garin said Friday that a drunken man lit a dynamite-like firecracker called “Goodbye Philippines” and embraced it on New Year’s Eve, ripping his jaw and killing him.
Garin says the number of injured, while still alarming, was less than half of last year’s number because of rains late Thursday and government warnings that people risked limb amputations if they were injured by oversized firecrackers.
Fire officials also said a rocket lit by revelers set ablaze an abandoned hut and sparked a fire that razed about 1,000 shanties in Manila.
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Firecrackers leave 1 dead, 380 injured in Philippines
Firecrackers leave 1 dead, 380 injured in Philippines
Threats to Spain by US President Trump is to whole EU, EU’s industry chief says
- “A threat to one member state is a threat to the whole European Union,” Sejourne said
BRUSSELS: The European Union’s industry chief Stephane Sejourne said on Wednesday the US’ threats to cut trade with Spain are threats made to the whole bloc.
“A threat to one member state is a threat to the whole European Union,” he told reporters.
US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a full US trade embargo on Spain on Tuesday after the European and NATO ally said it would not let the US military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.
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