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halifaxhops said
I have had/seen a few good ones when I was helping out doing fireworks shows in HI. Scariest one for me was a 10" motor did not go off and we always had a lit flare to drop down the tubes. Well while dropping the flare the dam thing went off and jammed in the tube because of the flare. Could not jump into the ocean fast enough. Scared the hell out of me. Was like a incoming 155. The tube turned into shrapnel and started some of the next in the display to start going off. Prob life 4 or five right there.

Back in the 80s, I was helping a friend with a private display and some drunken fool knocked over the mortar stand just as a 6” round was dropped. I ducked and the round went off just over my shoulder about an inch from my ear. It hit an S-10 truck parked nearby under the back bumper and bounced around before exploding.

The explosion ruptured the fuel tank and the gas caught fire. Giant inferno. I just walked to the other end of the lot, got in my car and left. Too damn close!