{"id":704359,"date":"2026-05-30T13:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704359\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:33:25","slug":"fireworks-hit-children-as-claremont-cracker-night-event-descends-into-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704359\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks hit children as Claremont Cracker Night event descends into chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"

A community fireworks event in Hobart\u2019s northern suburbs has descended into chaos tonight, with fireworks reportedly shooting into the crowd and hitting spectators.<\/p>\n

The public Cracker Night event in Claremont was organised by a local property owner to raise funds for the Claremont Junior Football Club.<\/p>\n

It was held at 48 Russell Road in Claremont on Saturday, with a bonfire from 6pm and a fireworks display scheduled at 7pm.<\/p>\n

Video taken by spectators, which were verified by Pulse, show fireworks flying across the ground and exploding in between groups of people.<\/p>\n

\"\"Parents tried to shield their children as fireworks rocketed across the ground. Image \/ via Pulse<\/p>\n

Onlookers could be heard screaming \u201coh my god, what the f**k, this is ridiculous\u201d as the sound of fireworks rocketed through the air.<\/p>\n

One witness, who asked not to be named, said she had found out about the event through Facebook and decided to attend as a family night out to support the local club.<\/p>\n

\"\"Parents tried to shield their children as fireworks rocketed across the ground. Image \/ via Pulse<\/p>\n

She said fireworks began firing horizontally into the crowd shortly after the 7pm display started, reportedly hitting multiple people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought we were under attack and we had to run to our car,\u201d they told Pulse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids were just screaming and parents were trying to watch but protect their children at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The witness said she was hit in the chest hard enough to be knocked backwards, while her son was struck on his ear.<\/p>\n

\"\"Spectators fled as fireworks exploded between groups of people. Image \/ via Pulse<\/p>\n

Her friend\u2019s daughter was hit twice as they tried to flee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no safety \u2026 there was no barriers for people to keep back, there was nothing,\u201d the witness said.<\/p>\n

She said many people quickly fled the event after the incident.<\/p>\n

The organiser of the event did not respond to calls from Pulse.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fireworks shot horizontally into the crowd at the Claremont event. Image \/ via Pulse<\/p>\n

Tasmania Police said the incident had not yet been reported to authorities.<\/p>\n

The event was one of hundreds held across Tasmania for the state\u2019s annual Cracker Night celebrations.<\/p>\n

A total of 610 permits were issued this year, with 12 tonnes of fireworks sold across the state.<\/p>\n

Cracker Night is celebrated each year on May 24 or the following Saturday if that date doesn\u2019t fall on one.<\/p>\n

Permit holders are required to set off fireworks on properties of at least 1,000 square metres, with displays limited to set time windows between 7pm and 8:30pm.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A community fireworks event in Hobart\u2019s northern suburbs has descended into chaos tonight, with fireworks reportedly shooting into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-704359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}