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Man Dies Instantly After Launching Firework From Top of Head
Hudson Hongo · 07/05/15 09:30PMFireworks Factory Catches Fire, Explodes, Knocks Guy on Ass
Jay Hathaway · 01/06/15 05:40PM"One person sustained minor injuries and several roads were closed" in Granada, Colombia, the BBC reports, which is the BBC's way of saying "Holy fucking shit, a fireworks factory caught fire, setting off hundreds of fireworks at once in an explosion that knocked this local TV cameraman on his ass."
Holy Shit, All the Fireworks Went Off at Once
Jay Hathaway · 11/14/14 01:15PMThis video, shot earlier this year in Italy and uploaded today by a pyrotechnics enthusiast, shows what happens when an entire fireworks display accidentally goes up at once. To sum up: Holy shit. You'll want to turn the volume down a little bit for this one.
John Oliver Reports on Every Fourth of July Fireworks Display Ever
Jay Hathaway · 07/07/14 09:15AMLast Week Tonight was on hiatus due to the Fourth of July, but that didn't stop John Oliver from reporting the biggest U.S. news story of the weekend: Fireworks. Although it would, of course, be physically impossible for Oliver to have attended every fireworks show in the U.S. this weekend, he covered them all anyway.
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This Is What It Looks Like When a Fireworks Store Catches on Fire
Taylor Berman · 07/17/13 10:55PMBullet-Time Fireworks are Dramatic and Astounding
Maggie Lange · 07/05/13 12:15PMLook at this spectacular video of fireworks, sparklers, and contained explosives in all their slow-motion, fiery, explosive glory. Although, I harbor a seasonal pet peeve about setting off fireworks and sparklers during the daytime, this is really fantastic looking.
Fireworks Shot into Crowd Injure 28
Max Read · 07/05/13 07:19AMCanadian Truck Explodes After Hitting Moose, Sets Off Fireworks Display
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/07/13 04:39PMYou Haven't Truly Seen a Fireworks Show Until You've Seen One in Reverse
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/02/13 02:55PMFireworks: By now you've seen them all.
This Is What It Looks Like When $3,000 Worth of Fireworks Are Accidentally Set Off at Once
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/06/12 10:42AMMan Forced to Learn the Hard Way Not to Set Off Fireworks Inside His Own Ass
Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/30/12 12:55PMFireworks Company Behind Botched San Diego Display Offers Make-Up Show if City Foots Most of the Bill
Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/06/12 03:00PMMalfunction Causes Entire San Diego Fireworks Display to Explode Prematurely
Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/05/12 07:15AMHow to Get Around Massachusetts' Anti-American Sparkler Ban
Caity Weaver · 07/02/12 03:37PM2012 All Over the World
Matt Toder · 01/02/12 05:37PMEvery country rings in the new year in their own special way, but mostly they all involve fireworks and cheering. Here is a collection of midnight in a handful of cities around the globe.
6,000 Guy Fawkes Night Fireworks Go Off At Once
Seth Abramovitch · 11/06/11 09:18PMObservers who'd gathered for a Guy Fawkes Night fireworks presentation in Oban, Scotland, were treated to the most spectacular, if brief, fireworks display of their lives: 6,000 fireworks — enough for a 20-minute show — had detonated in under one minute, the result of an electronic timing fault.
Drunk Fireworks Protest Foiled Before It Can Cause Banking Reform
Hamilton Nolan · 08/23/11 08:36AMSure, we've all had the overwhelming urge, at times, to fill up our Jeep Cherokee with fireworks, drive to Washington, DC, and detonate those fireworks on the National Mall, in order to call for banking reform. How else will those fat cat politicians and banking regulators ever "get the message?" The important thing to remember, however, when you get drunk and put your Fireworks Banking Protest plan into action, is to keep it secret until the last possible second.