Overview
- Buenos Aires barred pyrotechnics with audible effect across the city, and the environmental agency APRA designated the capital a pyrotechnics‑free calm zone.
- Shops that breach the Buenos Aires prohibition face fines and temporary closures of up to 60 days.
- Jujuy’s 2020 provincial ban on noisy fireworks remains active, with municipal inspections and police lines open for reporting illegal sales.
- Despite the rules, consumers still seek petards and explosive devices through informal fairs, while licensed vendors emphasize legal luminous alternatives such as sparklers, candles and light-only mortars.
- Christmas week brought multiple complaints and at least 24 injuries in Buenos Aires, and Mendoza reported a deadly fire at a clandestine fireworks depot, prompting fresh calls for tougher crackdowns.