35 percent price rise for fireworks, people may get a fine of 372 EUR

Christmas tree sellers are replaced by fireworks stalls. The combination of the USD/HUF exchange rate and inflation will mean that people have to pay 30-40 percent more for fireworks on New Year’s Eve 2022 than in 2021. Fireworks purchased from legal sellers may be used from 6 PM on 31 December until 6 AM on 1 January, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) said.

This year, there are fewer places to buy New Year’s Eve fireworks, so businesses selling pyrotechnics are expecting a rise, RTL news reported.

According to the report, it will be possible to buy fireworks for New Year’s Eve from 28 December.

Anyone using an illegal item will be fined strictly by the authorities. Poeple should only buy from a reliable source from an officially licensed dealer. For example, Lidl is offering an extra discount on the 28th and 29th on these essential New Year’s Eve accessories.

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On New Year’s Eve, firefighters are called to an average of fifty fires caused by fireworks. Most of these are small fires. However, every year, there are two or three larger fires that cause millions of forints worth of damage. The most common fires are fires involving pine trees, arbutus and rubbish bins, but it is not uncommon for a rocket to land on a balcony or fly through a room window and start a fire, the disaster management authorities said last year to penzcentrum.hu.