Overview

• Emergency crews treated 19 people, including a child and four with serious injuries, after rockets misfired late Friday at the Rheinkirmes along the Rhine.
• Eyewitnesses reported some fireworks exploded near ground level, veered sideways or landed in the river.
• Fire crews and paramedics secured the fairgrounds promptly and provided on-site medical care to the wounded.
• Düsseldorf police have opened an official probe into potential technical faults behind the pyrotechnics failure.
• The 10-day festival was halted early and organizers may remove fireworks from next year’s program.