| Background: Iranian people celebrate the last Wednesday eve of the year as Chaharshanbe Suri and use explosives and firecrackers
as part of this festival.
Objectives: This study concerned fireworks injuries related to the Chaharshanbe Suri festival in Tabriz, a provincial capital in East
Azerbaijan, Iran, to evaluate the epidemiology and provide data to prevent and manage these accidents.
Patients and Methods: This study was comprised of patients who were treated at the emergency department of Tabriz Sina hospital
with burn injuries related to fireworks. The patients’ demographics, time of the accidents, locations of the burns, and the type of
explosive were recorded. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.
Results: Forty-nine patients were seen in the emergency department. The mean age was 17.16 ± 9.1, ranged from 3 to 36. Forty
patients were male (81.6%) and 9 were female (18.4%). Twenty-one patients had second degree burns (47.7%), 10 patients had first
degree burns (22.7%), 9 patients had third degree burns (20.5%), and 4 patients had first and second degree burns (9.1%).
Conclusions: The study shows that walking in the streets or driving with open windows can be dangerous in Iran during Charshanbe
suri |