Has been banned

Qiaosi "Firework Street" has been withdrawn

Our reporter Yang Xiaozheng

Before the New Year, our reporter During the holidays, people always think of going to Qiaosi to buy fireworks, but this year this "characteristic street" has disappeared.

“This ‘time bomb’ has finally been moved away, and the traffic is much smoother than before.” Citizen Huang Qiyan lives in the Qiao Sinan Street community. In the past, around the Spring Festival, the 30 to 40-meter-wide road at the entrance of the community The road is as crowded as a vegetable market. He said: "Residents from downtown Hangzhou, Haining and other surrounding areas all drive here to buy fireworks. Sometimes we go out for hours. At least more than 30 million yuan is sold here every year. Fireworks and firecrackers, we live here, how worried you are!"

At around 5 pm yesterday, the reporter came to Qiaosi Town South Street and found that there were many shops on the three to four hundred meter long South Street! The rolling shutters have been closed. Yu Jianwei, deputy director of the Qiaosi Town Comprehensive Management Center, said that now only "Wanjia Fireworks" is retained for legal operation, and all others are cancelled. According to relevant laws and regulations, it is illegal to store fireworks and firecrackers in Qiaosi, regardless of whether the products are qualified or not.

There are also large fireworks boxes placed in front of some small shops on Qiaosi Street. A staff member of the Qiaosi Town Comprehensive Management Center told reporters: "Look, there are still some people selling fireworks secretly. These are the signature empty boxes." Following the "empty boxes", yesterday afternoon, a house on South Street in Qiaosi Town In a resident's home, staff from the Comprehensive Management Center discovered a whole house full of fireworks. The owner was bargaining with customers in the warehouse. This process was discovered by relevant law enforcement officers from the Qiaosi Town Comprehensive Management Center and the Yuhang District Safety Supervision Bureau. ***119 boxes of fireworks and firecrackers were confiscated.

The inspectors said that some of the fireworks and firecrackers in this warehouse were like "missiles", and some of the chemical composition completely exceeded the standard. The storage location is still in a residential area. If you are not careful, it will cause explosions, which is serious. Illegal operation and illegal storage.

It is understood that Qiaosi Fireworks and Firecrackers Market is commonly known as "Fireworks Street". At its peak, there were more than 170 fireworks and firecracker business units, and it has a high social reputation. Because "Fireworks Street" is located in a residential area, and most units are operating illegally, the risk factor is extremely high.

Since 2008, Qiaosi Town has been determined to make great efforts to rectify the fireworks market, cracking down on illegal operations and illegal storage business units, and confiscating 2,000 boxes of various types of fireworks on the spot.

Yu Jianwei told reporters that most of the firework product business units have now transformed into festive supplies. During the Spring Festival, they will intensify rectification efforts, and those who operate illegally and illegally store will be dealt with strictly. He reminded residents in Hangzhou, Haining and other surrounding areas that they no longer need to come all the way to Qiaosi to buy fireworks, as the current price of fireworks is the same in the hands of legal operators everywhere.

News link: According to laws and regulations, any unit or individual who operates fireworks and firecrackers without permission may be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan.