Overview
- New footage from London shows people launching fireworks from moving cars with number plates visible, prompting public appeals for Metropolitan Police action.
- Mukul Verma, who posted the widely shared New Jersey clip, says the street celebration had permits and that firefighters sprayed water only after unapproved skyshots were lit for safety reasons.
- The Morrisville Police Department in North Carolina reports illegal fireworks at Church Street Park that damaged the cricket field and left heavy litter, and it reiterates a ban on private pyrotechnics on public property.
- Authorities in Texas localities, including Dallas, Frisco, and Melissa, warned that lighting fireworks after permitted hours could lead to fines and citations.
- A separate viral video from Delhi showing post‑Diwali garbage on Punjabi Bagh Ring Road has intensified debate about civic responsibility during festival cleanups.