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diciembre 26, 2025
Este es el reporte preliminar de quemados tras la noche de Navidad: muchos son menores
A la violencia registrada durante la noche del 24 de diciembre se suma ahora un balance sobre el impacto del uso indiscriminado de pólvora en el país.
TL;DR
- Nearly 800 people were injured by fireworks as of the morning of December 25th.
- 260 of the injured were minors, representing 32.8% of the total cases.
- In 30 cases involving children, adults were intoxicated, leading to legal actions by the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare.
- Antioquia and Bogotá reported the highest number of firework-related injuries.
- Burns are the most common injury (88.8%), followed by lacerations (55.2%).
- 'Totes' were the most frequent type of firework causing injuries (31.6%).
- There are four reported cases of white phosphorus poisoning.
- No fatalities related to firework injuries have been reported so far.