Imagine you’re having your dinner at home when you heard a loud “bang” outside your house.
You looked out of the window and saw this:
Well, that happened to some residents in Little India (along Gloucester Road, to be exact) at about 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday (6 November 2018).
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Here, take a look.
The fireworks went on for more than a minute, and intensified in the last few seconds.
Not surprising, people DAGF as they walked on like it’s yet another day.
But of course, the authorities aren’t going to just use their eye power…
…’coz lest you’re not aware, it’s illegal to set off fireworks without a permit (yeah, those during NDP or countdowns have got permits one and they don’t set off beside an HDB flat).
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To do so would be considered as discharging dangerous fireworks under the Dangerous Fireworks Act, and that carried a fine between $2,000 and $10,000 or / and imprisonment for up to two years.
So yeah, it’s not a play-play thing. After all, imagine you looking out of your window and seeing a ball of spark flying into your house.
I bet you won’t think it’s fun anymore.
Guys Caught on the Same Day
According to The Straits Times, two men aged 29 and 48 had been arrested on the same day for their suspected involvement in setting off the fireworks.
They were, however, not caught on the spot and the police had established their identities through ground inquiries.
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Same Thing Happened Last Year
During Deepavali last year, fireworks were also set off in an HDB estate, but it happened in Yishun instead (well, back in the days when everything was Yishun-ed).
Back then, three men were arrested.
What’s with the Fireworks thingy?
You’d have realized that Singapore takes a firm stand against fireworks and it’s for a good reason: back in 1968, it was revealed that about 50 fires broke out during Chinese New Year that year due to rocket-type fireworks.
Soon, by 1972, fireworks were completely banned.
And so far, no houses have been burned by fireworks, though there’s a new threat: PMDs.
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But let’s leave that for another article.
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