Toddler needed hospital treatment after Carrickmore firework incident
A police appeal concerns a firework thrown near a Main Street petrol station on Halloween night.
A girl aged under two needed hospital treatment after being burned by a firework in Carrickmore, police say.
The child was with her parents near a petrol station on Main Street at about 8.30pm on Saturday 31 October.
According to PSNI, a firework thrown into the road partly exploded, bounced back and went off again beside the child, burning her forearm.
The appeal, published on 1 November, describes four males in their mid-teens wearing dark tracksuits. Police are asking for information about those involved.
Witnesses can call 101 or use the PSNI online witness appeal form, quoting reference 1724 of 31/10/26.
Source publication: 2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
PSNI — Carrickmore firework appeal, 1 November ↗Based on PSNI's published account and appeal. The child and those involved are not named.