the next morning…
Throughout the province and in the city there are numerous calls to put out fires, burning bins and arguments or illnesses caused by alcohol
Night of celebrations and interventions by the firefighters and police forces in Brescia and its province. A New Year’s Eve that went by with dozens of calls to the fire brigade and 118 rescue services. In Nuvolera, a one-year-old girl was slightly burned by a firecracker going off. A Visano one man was injured in the eye. While ad Artognein the Montecampione area, a 42-year-old Italian citizen was hit in the face and lower limbs from the accidental explosion of a firework. Rescued by the soldiers of the Carabinieri of Piancogno and by healthcare personnel, he was transported to the Civil Hospital of Esine and judged curable with a prognosis of 20 days.
A Pian Camuno a quarrel broke out between two Tunisians which ended in a stabbing: one of them, 57 years old, was transported to Esine hospital with minor injuries to an arm.
All 23 in Piazza Vittoria 118 health workers and patrols from the Carabinieri and the Local Police intervened in the city to rescue a boy injured by the explosion of a firecracker. The young man was seriously injured on his left handand was transported to the emergency room for treatment and then transferred to Verona Hospital, where he underwent delicate hand reconstruction surgery. The outcome of the operation can only be assessed in the next few hours, but the loss of four fingers is definitive. The police are carrying out investigations into the incident. At 1.30 am, at the Stazione metro stop the smoke alarm was also triggered by the explosion of a firecracker. The firefighters and the police intervened and made the area safe. The alarm went away after about 10 minutes, with the regular resumption of subway circulation
Around 4 in the morning 15 boys, all minors, were locked inside an elevator in Corteno Golgi, no one was injured and they were freed by the firefighters. Dozens of dumpsters on fire in the city. Also in Brescia, the fire brigade intervened in via Sardegna due to a fire starting in a cellar of a seven-storey building: two people were intoxicated. There are also several cases of alcohol poisoning, especially among very young people, some of whom were taken to hospital but without serious consequences.
Extraordinary checks by the police
A night of checks and interventions also for the Carabinieri: on the basis of the objectives set during the last Cosp chaired by the Prefect Andrea Polichetti, the soldiers of the Provincial Command of Brescia carried out a series of extraordinary control services on the territory, with the involvement of all the 81 stations responsible for the 205 municipalities of Brescia with the aim of “guaranteeing safety for citizens and tourists, intensifying prevention and surveillance activities in inhabited centres, in places of aggregation and on all road arteries”.
During the night, the territory was controlled by 95 Carabinieri patrols for a total of around 200 soldiersalso assisted by special departments, including the Labor Inspectorate Unit: checked and identified approximately 360 people and 112 vehicles; 18 fines were raised for drivers; 5 people reported for drugs, driving while intoxicated and illegal possession of approximately 30 kilos of fireworks. Inspections were also carried out on some accommodation facilities: the suspension of activity was ordered for a hotel in Ponte di Legno due to violations regarding the protection of health and safety at work.
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