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Berlin minister speaks out in favour of fireworks ban in Germany

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Berlin 's interior minister supports calls for a nationwide ban on fireworks.

Under current German law, fireworks are regulated as explosives but are generally allowed.

Spranger said she'd prefer a new legal framework that would allow the city to restrict fireworks to only a handful of designated "pyro permit zones".