Gianna Jun " " People release Kongming lanterns into the sky. (File photoChina News Service)
Today is China's Lantern Festival, and online sales of Kongming lanterns, traditionally launched into the air as part of long-established festivities, are on the rise despite bans issued by some cities over fire risks.
Data from Taobao, a popular Chinese online shopping site, showed that as of Sunday http://www.philadelphiaflyersteamstore.com/adidas-nolan-patrick-jersey , searches for Kongming lanterns in the week prior had surged by 69 percent over the previous week, and risen 18 percent over the same period last year. Data from some online stores also indicated an apparent increase in lantern sales from the Spring Festival to Lantern Festival.
Many online stores claim that their Kongming lanterns are safe and flame-retardant.
However, Sun Peng, a firefighter based in Suqian City in Jiangsu province said that those lanterns still pose fire risks. A source of combustion remains in the lantern even if its cover is flame-retardant http://www.philadelphiaflyersteamstore.com/adidas-michal-neuvirth-jersey , and the lantern is under no control once it's released into the sky, Sun explained.
Kongming lanterns are a mobile combustion source and pose hidden and therefore greater fire risks and greater uncertainties, Sun warned. He advised people not to release Kongming lanterns.
A buyer of poor-quality Kongming lanterns said the lanterns had sparked a fire and attracted security guards, who had thought they were bombs.
Beijing has issued a ban on the illegal production http://www.philadelphiaflyersteamstore.com/adidas-michael-raffl-jersey , sale and launching of Kongming lanterns. However, an online vendor said its warehouse is located in Beijing's Changping district and can deliver lanterns to all parts of the country. The online store has never been reported to police over the sale of lanterns, it claimed.
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