Australia's fireworks industry has been hard hit by the cancellation of mass gatherings because of coronavirus and the need for social distancing. Now businesses are trying to find ways to make New Year's Eve displays COVID-safe.
Coronavirus has decimated the fireworks industry with millions of dollars worth of unused explosives left sitting in storage facilities around the country as mass gatherings remain banned.Fireworks manufacturer Furtuno Foti says 95 per cent of business has "evaporated"But Australia's biggest fireworks providers have been working on ways to make New Year's Eve displays COVID-safe to ensure Australians can see out 2020 with a bang.
In 227 years of operation, the business has survived two world wars and the Great Depression, but Mr Foti said COVID-10 had proved their biggest challenge. The economic blow driven by coronavirus follows a horror fire season last summer, during which fireworks displays were cancelled due to fire risk.
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