Every year, warnings flood in about the legal limit on fireworks: you can’t buy or transport more than 50 kilograms without the proper licence or registration. At first glance, you might think fifty kilos? That’s a lot of fireworks.
And it is. Enough fireworks to blow your car to bits if something went wrong.
Fifty kilograms of fireworks is a bomb, enough firepower to wipe out a car and destroy everything nearby. Just one incident in Kota Bharu saw a car carrying fireworks violently explode, splitting the vehicle in two, killing the driver, injuring bystanders, and damaging multiple cars as well as nearby buildings. The blast was so powerful it shattered windows up to 100 meters away.
In simpler terms, if 50 kg of fireworks go off accidentally in a vehicle, expect catastrophic damage that will turn your car into a wreck, cause serious injury or worse, and raise the risk of fire spreading to nearby properties and people. This is why transporting that amount without a licence is illegal and why safety restrictions are so strict.
Beyond the obvious transporting explosives cary legal risks, fines, possible imprisonment, and invalid insurance there is a real danger that no one talks about enough.
The law also sets strict curfew times for setting off fireworks usually no later than 11 pm except on special nights like Bonfire Night, when it’s midnight.
So this Bonfire Night, remember ... Keep it legal, keep it safe, and enjoy the sparks for the right reasons.
