Agriculture Ministry maps out zones with fireworks restrictions

The Ministry of Agriculture has drawn up a map of areas where the use of consumer fireworks will be banned starting in December. The zones include the surroundings of hospitals, senior homes, care centres, shelters, wildlife rescue stations and zoos, ministry spokesman Vojtěch Bílý told the Czech News Agency.

The map remains provisional and may still change. From December, municipalities will also gain the power to partially or fully prohibit pyrotechnics within their borders.