Cantons report a peaceful firework-free Swiss National Day

For once, August 1 passed off with virtually no fireworks: emergency services from several cantons reported a quiet Swiss National Day with comparatively few call-outs. "The public has, on the whole, complied well with the ban on fires and fireworks," said Schutz&Rettung Zürich in response to an enquiry from the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA. Overall, it had been a quiet evening, it said. Four minor fires had to be extinguished in the canton of Zurich, including a small group of trees and a…