Every year at this time DR1 News is forced to report on the danger of children and adolescents handling fireworks. Now, according to the Listin Diario, pediatricians and orthopedic surgeons are asking parents to keep a closer eye on their children. Prevention is much easier than are the treatments for burns or the amputations caused by the misuse of these “attractive dangers.” El Caribe reports that so far this year, one child has died and six have been injured by exploding fireworks. The Pearl F Ort Burn Unit at the Luis Eduardo Aybar Hospital treated the seven children. Surgeon Eddy Bruno said that just one month ago they received a child who was killed by a firecracker that exploded near his neck. The president of the Dominican Society of Pediatricians, Dr Luis Alam Lora, warned parents that fireworks are just that, “fire” and “explosives,” that burn, maim and kill. The numbers from Christmas 2003 showed that there one person died and 327 were injured in fireworks-related incidents.