8-year-old Joseph Mains with the firework that injured his face. Photo / Kenny Rodger

8-year-old Joseph Mains with the firework that injured his face. Photo / Kenny Rodger

Prime Minister Helen Clark has indicated fireworks sales could be banned if people behave badly at Guy Fawkes tonight - a call supported by the Fire Service.

She was reacting after at least nine people were injured in fireworks-related incidents at the weekend.

One was an 8-year-old autistic boy whose family say he could have been made blind by a fireball exploding into his face.

They say they may give up fireworks forever.

Helen Clark said the noise of fireworks in her home suburb of Mt Eden was horrific on Saturday night.

"Last night in my suburb, I felt as if I was in downtown Kandahar [in Afghanistan]," she said.

Last year was one of the worst Guy Fawkes for injuries and property damage, leading the Government to reduce the time in which fireworks could be bought from 10 days to four before November 5 and restricting purchases to those over 18.

Emergency services attended 1561 fireworks-related events nationwide in Guy Fawkes week last year.

Northern Fire Service shift manager Jaron Phillips reported 203 callouts on Saturday night, double the usual number. On Friday night the service responded to 124 calls.

Helen Clark said: "We are going to have to look at the reports from this one. I think the best use of fireworks is in the beautiful public displays."

Auckland Assistant Regional Fire Commander Dave Neil also wants a total ban on sales, saying the new restrictions are "a positive thing but they just don't work".

The acting national commander, Paul McGill, said the Fire Service would conduct a review to see what changes could be made to regulations governing sales.

The injured 8-year-old, Joseph Mains of Howick, was standing about 10m from a "Blaze" firework on Saturday night when it exploded, blasting out fireballs that went sideways instead of into the air.

One hit Joseph and a 14-year-old friend.

His mother, Rachel Mains, initially didn't realise Joseph had been hit, and went to the aid of the 14-year-old, who was burned on the neck.

"At first we thought he [her son] was just frightened by the fireworks but then we could smell the burning and my oldest looked at Joseph and saw the black on his face.