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Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have launched a variety of hard-hitting campaigns in a bid to drive down fireworks related accidents during the Bonfire period.

During 2005 and 2006 the fire service dealt with 45 people who had been injured in a bonfire related incident and 29 who had been injured by fireworks.

The campaigns target young teenagers, the most "at risk" group from firework injuries.

The campaign consisted of various advert vividly describing what it is like to be hit by a firework and billboard posters showing a young boy who has been badly disfigured after misusing fireworks.

These adverts definitely make people think. Our statistics show that you are far safer at a properly organised fireworks display than lighting them yourself at your own bonfire party or playing with them in the street. The image on the poster shows the reality of what we come across every year, the horrible scars these fireworks can leave on a person's life if they are not used sensibly.