3M views · 1.7K reactions | This 1,175-pound beast was the largest firework ever detonated in North America and may be the heaviest ever set off in the world. The 48-inch shell was launched with 58 pounds of high explosives from a mortar buried 20 feet deep into a mountainside in Steamboat Springs, Colorado earlier this year. | Springfield News-Leader | Facebook

67K views · 424 reactions | 4TH OF JULY NO NO | The Polk County Sheriff's Office says alcohol may have been a factor when this man held onto a mortar-style firework and it exploded in his hand on the 4th of July... What we know >> https://wfts.tv/2u4Av5K | Tampa Bay 28 - WFTS | Facebook