{"id":14302,"date":"2016-11-08T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=14302"},"modified":"2016-11-08T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:21:17","slug":"butetown-residents-report-seeing-teenagers-throwing-fireworks-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/08\/butetown-residents-report-seeing-teenagers-throwing-fireworks-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents scared as Butetown teens throw fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RESIDENTS in Butetown say they were too scared to leave their houses over the\u00a0weekend after seeing teenagers throw fireworks in the streets. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One resident, who lives on Mount Stuart Square, reported seeing gangs of teenagers throwing fireworks into resident gardens alongside Butetown Canal Park over the weekend.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14354\" style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14354\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"Bute Canal Park, where teenagers have reportedly been throwing fireworks. \" width=\"341\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-770x417.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-500x271.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-293x159.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14354\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"Bute Canal Park, where teenagers have reportedly been throwing fireworks. \" width=\"341\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-770x417.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-500x271.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park-293x159.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/bute-canal-park.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/noscript> Butetown Canal Park where teenagers have been throwing fireworks. Source: Stuart Herbert, flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said: \u201cIt was all going on around the back of the youth centre and Cardiff Bay police station.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI rang 101 on Saturday night because there were gangs of nearly 25 teenagers, who were no older than 16, throwing fireworks into the gardens.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A spokesman for South Wales Police said they were aware of several\u00a0incidents involving fireworks in the area at\u00a0the weekend but\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">more officers had been patrolling the streets ready to tackle problems.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One mum, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she didn\u2019t leave her house over the weekend and was too afraid to let her young children go to the firework display at Butetown Community Centre on Friday night. <\/span><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s awful round here. I didn\u2019t see any police patrolling over the weekend so we didn\u2019t go outside because they were throwing the fireworks around in the streets.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey\u2019re crazy in Butetown. I couldn\u2019t even get to my car and I was scared for my kids,\u201d she added.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents say incidents involving fireworks have been occurring since they first went on sale this year. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In October, the balcony of a flat in Heol Staughton, near Dumballs Road, caught fire after teenagers threw fireworks.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A\u00a0mother and baby were home but escaped unharmed.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents say not enough is being done by the authorities\u00a0to stop\u00a0anti-social behaviour in Butetown and surrounding areas.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has been approached for comment.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESIDENTS in Butetown say they were too scared to leave their houses over the\u00a0weekend after seeing teenagers throw fireworks in the streets. One resident, who lives on Mount Stuart Square, reported seeing gangs of teenagers throwing fireworks into resident gardens alongside Butetown Canal Park over the weekend. 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