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Cities Step Up ‘Pirotecnia Cero’ as Vigo Rewrites Fireworks Order After Industry Challenge

Authorities deploy inspections, fines plus quiet‑celebration campaigns to curb holiday injuries and fires.

Overview

  • In Argentina, municipalities including Villa Gobernador Gálvez intensify inspections, seizures and sanctions under local bans while running awareness drives such as “Más luces, menos ruido.”
  • Buenos Aires formalized a citywide prohibition on audible pyrotechnics via APRA, declaring the capital a “zona calma libre de pirotecnia” with penalties for violators.
  • Guaymallén reports far fewer seizures than a year ago—about 70 kg versus roughly 700 kg—while warning that online and street sales persist and reminding that fines can reach 5,000 UTM.
  • Vigo adjusted its municipal bando after objections from AGIP, AEPIRO and ACFAE, keeping restrictions in public spaces but allowing limited use under conditions and extending bans to delivery shipments.
  • Holiday risk indicators remain high, with Peru’s fire corps logging 75 fires in the first hours of 2025 and 8,881 through November, a child burn case confirmed in Ciudad Obregón, and experts urging households and condominiums to form brigades, maintain equipment and avoid fireworks.