This is the moment a dad nearly burned his house down when he set off a huge display firework facing the wrong way round. The fountain bombshell was supposed to be set off horizontally to create a fan effect. But because the family in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, were worried about…
Police in Brazil have seized an elderly man who shot his neighbour in an execution-style killing because he'd set off some fireworks. Harrowing video footage filmed by the victim's sister shows the suspect walking up to the family on 2nd January wielding what looks like a shotgun. In the clip,…
Police in Germany have discovered hundreds of tonnes of illegal fireworks being stored in a network of military bunkers ready to be sold for the New Year. Image shows the fireworks that were seized, undated photo. A total of 250 tonnes of fireworks were stored in a bunker in near…
This is the terrifying moment a cache of fireworks explodes in a huge, fiery bang, injuring 14. The incident took place at Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day Celebration in Queretaro, Mexico, early on Monday morning (12th December). Local media reported that the fireworks display had been organised clandestinely and…
Europol has dismantled a criminal network involved illegal firework trafficking worth over GBP 22 million with the help of German and Dutch authorities. https://youtu.be/iKkN_m5VR3E The two-year-long investigation uncovered a Dutch criminal network associated with large-scale trafficking of dangerous and highly explosive fireworks. Experts from the German Regional Police (Landespolizei Osnabruck),…
