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Minor injuries, house fires cause brunt of New Year’s Eve incidents in Hungary
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Police were mainly called to incidents connected to fireworks and intoxication on New Year’s Eve, the police said in a statement on Monday.
The police have started 15 procedures against 12 people on misdemeanour charges. The cases included a petard lightly injuring an 8 year old child on her face and fire damages to family homes, the statement said.
Police spokesperson Judit Pap told public television on Monday morning that of the 28 road accidents on New Year’s Eve, one was fatal, when a Budapest tram hit a pedestrian. The man died immediately, she said. The police also apprehended 15 drunk drivers, she said.
The national disaster management authority’s spokesman told MTI that of the 157 emergency calls answered throughout the country on the last night of the year, 14 were about minor fires caused by fireworks. Cases involved a house fire in Fegyvernek, eastern Hungary, where a body was found in the burnt-out building, and other home fires without casualties.