Firework shop goes up

[Cosimo]

Did it go up like a Roman candle?

It was a real cracker....

 

[Haggisman]

Hopefully as people start to realise how dangerous fireworks are, the frequency of these sort of events will start to taper off. All it needs is one person with a short fuse to start a whole barrage of events...

 

[Hades]

Things are so different nowadays. Back when I was a kid in the 70's the community got together and made their own fireworks display. For weeks we would all collect wood and pile it up in a nearby field. Then on the Saturday nearest Guy Fawkes night we would all gather in the field, light the bonfire and watch each others fireworks. No barriers. No obsession with safety. Children everywhere.

It was, of course, much more dangerous. Hundreds of people across the country were injured at similar events and there were campaigns on TV to be careful. But it was so much more fun than nowadays.

 

[estebanrey]

 

[Scania]

Whilst not wanting to pee on the parade of jokes about this, be aware a person is missing, presumed dead within what's left of the factory.

I have friends in the vicinity, it's no laughing matter to them, nor I.

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: "On Friday we will continue to investigate this incident and work to ensure everyone is accounted for.
"Sadly at this stage we believe there is a person unaccounted for and our focus remains tracing those at the factory shortly before the explosion."

Edit: Two people reported missing in connection with this now. :/