As usual every year, firecrackers light up the street in our neighborhood to welcome the new year. It’s quite a dangerous thing nowadays to be exposed to it knowing that some firecrackers have become more highly explosive than it was during my boyhood years.

Firecrackers and Casualties on New Years

A lot of casualties and even death are reported yearly. But thankfully, there were less casualties this year than in previous years. Maybe the intensified advertising campaign by the health government authorities and media has paid off and people are beginning to become more extra careful. Anyway, I took some shots but from a safe distance.