{"id":671390,"date":"2026-11-01T02:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T02:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671390\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T02:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T02:50:12","slug":"boy-suffers-serious-injuries-in-firework-incident-in-donegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671390\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy suffers serious injuries in firework incident in Donegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young boy has suffered serious injuries after a firework-related incident in Buncrana tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, who has been hospitalised, is believed to have sustained wounds as a firework went off.<\/p>\n<p>The alarming incident, which saw the victim suffer injuries to his hands and face, occurred around 7.00pm in the Marian Park area of the town.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed and other emergency service personnel were dispatched to the scene and a person has been taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Garda Press Office said\u00a0Garda\u00ed and emergency services attended the scene shortly after 7:00pm following reports that a child had sustained serious injuries in an incident involving a firework.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The child was taken to hospital for treatment. Enquiries are ongoing,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes in the wake of a warning by local Garda\u00ed about the dangers posed by fireworks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents, please ensure that you know where your kids are and conduct regular searches of their bags for fireworks,\u201d Garda Grainne Doherty had said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/westlife-dream-comes-true-for-buncrana-woman-christine-gill-656110\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Westlife dream comes true for superfan Christine Gill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/westlife-dream-comes-true-for-superfan-christine-gill.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Westlife dream comes true for superfan Christine Gill\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lead-stories\/donegal-emergency-services-braced-for-busy-halloween-night-656166\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Donegal emergency services braced for busy Halloween Night\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/donegal-emergency-services-braced-for-busy-halloween-night.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Donegal emergency services braced for busy Halloween Night\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalk to your kids about the dangers associated with fireworks as many people sustain horrific burn related injuries at this time of year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More to follow . . .\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young boy has suffered serious injuries after a firework-related incident in Buncrana tonight. The victim, who has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-671390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}