Fireworks Disaster at Neighborhood Show 2022 

RESPECT!!! Great show! Even the "accident" was pretty! I'm thankful that there were no bad injuries or fires. We learn from our mistakes. I'm looking forward to seeing other shows you put on in 23 and 24. My son does big setups too and he's going to love yours. Keep lighting up the sky and stay safe! 🎆🎇🎆🎇🧨🧨🧨🧯

What happened was, That was the best show that I & those 2 kids have seen in years !! WAY TO GO MAN ❕️ LOVED IT !

I do professional 1.3 and 1.4 on the side. I just want to say you always need to have people and flammable materials at least 150 to 200 ft away depending on the size of the firework. Do your research and make sure you have people far enough. Not to mention your racks or cakes should always be pointed away so if they do tip over they don't fire towards you guys. We have mistakes in professional fireworks as well but we take precautions just in case something like this does happen NO ONE GETS HURT %100 because that is above all priorities. That's professional but it applies for all fireworks someone could get hurt or worse. Have fun be safe!

Idk if you already started this, but you can taper over mortar tubes to help keep free sparks from fountains, mines, or other launch charges from lighting charges early. the firework wont have problems getting out if you use 1 layer, but this little layer can help stop sparks and keep fuse hopping to a minimum. The show looked great and I LOVE your fuse chaining, it all looks amazing and it shows that this was truly a onetime mistake that you learned from!

I love the HONESTY.

Wow, that is crazy. I had the exact same thing happen to me, with an Excal tube tipping over. Mine just didn’t shoot into the rest of my racks. I had 3 stand alone right next to each other. The 3rd one tipped I think when the 2nd shell went off. I just missed hitting the neighbors boat. Won’t be using single tubes again that aren’t completely locked down. Glad no one got hurt, great show otherwise.

Hello I enjoy your enthusiasm on Pyrotechnics. You are very humble on what occurred and appreciate your interpretation. Never ever place that much of product in a residence. Distance for accident possibilities at a maximum. Too close way to close. Appreciate you be safe.

Man that sucks, sorry that happened. I had something very similar and 100% avoidable and my fault. Had 2 sections of 3 tubes each 1 straight and then put one on each side so it would be at an angle (set the base of the angled one on the base of the straight one) and I glued them but forgot to go back and screw them down. When straight one went it knocked over both angled ones and luckily when the shell launched to the side it hit the fuse going to the first of 15 cakes so the show stopped. Pulled all the tubes out of that first cake then restarted and the rest went off without a hitch. Your situation could have been so much worse. Mine too but we learn from our mistakes and 1 thing I really took away from all if this is DISTANCE IS OUR FRIEND. Anyway good post man.

PTSD.....that was awesome. Wish I knew where you lived, I'd park nearby and enjoy the show.

This happened at my hometown firework show. Huge mortars were hitting cars and people and kids were running everywhere. It went on for about 20 minutes, fire trucks and police were everywhere. They managed to save a few and after about an hour they resumed with what fireworks were left. Im not sure if anyone was hurt. Im sure someone had to get hit. The people and cars were within 75 feet of some of the canasters. Crazy!

The Fox body kinda tells me everything I need to know 😂

Not sure if you considered this.. but if you're doing big shows like that. Consider a Cobra firing system. You can hook up MJG igniters and instant fire the whole show. Perfectly timed. The advantage is if you have a catastrophic failure, you can temporarily stop it before it gets worse. Much safer than basically lighting a 10 minute boom. Been using a cobra for years and I love it. I have 4 modules 72 cues.

You weren't wrong bro, it was "One heck of a show." Music was awesome too!

This has to be the most spectacular waste of money one can spend on.

That would be scary... glad everyone is OK. I hope you try again next year and learn from it and not be afraid of the experience.

there was a firework show tonight in Sydney, It malfunctioned and started exploding from the ground. It started launching fireworks into the crowd and into nearby buildings and trees. 8 kids are currently in hospital. This was at the Allambie Heights Christmas Carols, which was on the Allambie Oval.

That view from the camera tho. Awesome show.

It would be nice if there was a law against setups in residential areas. Like there isnt enough crap/smoke going into the air and its also inconsiderate to many people and whatever wildlife is left. Especially vets.,etc. Am glad nobody was hurt..

Last year I had a 24 count rack fused with quick fuse. All lit, the first one lift charge didn't go off and blew the rack. 23 unguided shells was not fun

Did you make a 2024 fireworks show? 🤔 i haven't seen it here yet

title of the video should be "GET IN HERE" awesome video

I had a near miss this year with a muzzle break that partially destroyed a huge rack. Luckily all the shells ended up going in an upward-ish direction. I'm planning to construct a few barricades for future shows just in case of a CATO or any other issues.

At least you got a spectacular and unforgettable show out of it :)

We use free standing mortar tubes for our show, but we run two wood screws through the base of each tube to keep them from ever being able to fall over. Glad no one was injured!

Billy, I know you only have one eye now, but what you want to do in the future is take the visual cues of other people running away. Yes, with the eye you have left, obviously

That was an obscene amount of fireworks for a personal show, looked bigger than some of our local city shows! Unreal times we're living in! Glad no serious harm was done

Disaster aside it looked like an awesome show 😮

I stopped my show when it got to 200 cakes and over 200 mortars. Had to break the news a few months ago. Safety is key and the outlaw shit was kinda getting out of hand.

Beautifully designed show - shame it was ruined by the chaos! I'm in the process of retiring 'ye old milk crate racks' in favor of sturdy wooden ones. My primary concern is minimizing damage from a cato - although the wooden racks are heavier, more expensive, and hold much less pyro, they have the advantage of only having 10 shells loaded up in a row - so maximum of 10 loose fused tubes on a cato (milk crate rack has 25). Then, as the pro's do in the 1.3 world, foot boards and head boards are nailed onto each cluster of 2-3 10 shot racks to stabilize them. I've never had a cato myself, but your video and others like it have woken me up to the dangers of too much loose pyro too close to spectators. As for distance - it's clear that everyone watching is far too close, and that the product is too close to homes. However, the reality of the matter is that many neighborhoods in America are just as tight and feature just as much ordinance on any given 4th of July - just not all at once in an organized show. There has to be some reasonable discretion of when to bend the rules for fun... and when it is just not safe enough. I did some racks of mortar shells this year at a friend's neighborhood and it was great fun.. but made me nervous the whole time because of proximity. If only it was easier to gather neighbors to a nearby park or empty lot. Next on my bucket list: set of Cobra modules. Just have to find 6x my annual pyro budget lying around...

Best finale EVER!!!!

Awesome !!! Got bigger plans for this year ?

You should have screwed the canister shells down to the board. Even with that your cakes are way too close together. It's common for cakes that fire to re-ignite and have a flame going post fire off. Wind can fan the flame and if other firework too close by will set off the others. When you do a show each year you learn more and more. Also even if using a Cobra system I wrap around the ignitors where the clip on. That way if a burning remnant firework falls down it doesn't spark the ignition fuse on another cake. I have you beat on the fire off. 3 years ago I use to go and light one at a time. Cobra had just came out with their Ignite system by cell phone. I wired everything up perfectly. Went to start the show of 100 plus 500 gram cakes and they all went off at once that lasted like 5 minutes on the 4th of July...lol What happened is Cobra had a software glitch where it told multiple wired modules to fire at once. Scott the owner of the Cobra company apologized. Their engineers found the error and corrected. To make up for it he gave me free Cobra professional grade case modules instead of Ignite for the next year. Those have been around for decades and have built in fail safes to not launch like that. Since you have that open area there you should get many more boards where you have great distance between the cakes. Good luck

Glad it was a lesson learned and a lesson that others can also learn from definitely could have been much worse

I like the ending guitar solo...

I’ve enjoyed fireworks with my family since I was a small boy. I passed my love of fireworks (on 4th of July only) on to my kids and grandkids. There is one major rule - SAFETY, SAFETY, and SAFETY!!! This starts and ends with LOCATION. You never setup and shoot off fireworks anywhere near homes or neighborhoods. I can’t believe you setup this fireworks display, especially considering the size, type and quantity, right across from a house in what appears to be a residential neighborhood. It’s negligent, it’s arrogant and it’s just plain stupid. Find a safe place - preferably a large empty parking lot or gravel covered field, get permission, notify the local authorities and have fun SAFELY. This was arrogant stupidity. I hope you learned your lesson.

That sucks for you man. Worst thing that can happen. I would highly suggest you get a firing system, so you can push the big red button when things go sideways. Also, those mortar tubes should have definitely had some better footing. They are begging to tilt.

I do not notice a mistake. That was great.

Good family fun turns into a nightmare. Love it!

2 more tips. Get out of tight neighborhoods. Everyone wants to get drunk and be at their house with these items in the street but there isn't enough room. If you can find a more open area say within 5 minutes walking it's worth it. But at least buy 2 sheets, if not 4 of 4x8 plywood and wall off your display. We lay them so they're 4 tall 8 wide and tight to at least front and back. Anything that can get over has much lower odds of head hunting

At the end of the guitar solo someone yells " Play ball "...epic ending!!!

Allstate Mayhem Commercial, hahaha+

Time to get spaced, professional built hdpe racks. Your experience is a testament to how saving a few bucks on homemade racks can turn into a disaster in a heartbeat. Thank you for sharing this in the fashion that you did.

Good thing that no houses cought fire maby move your show to a park with no houses is near and have the fire department there just in case something goes worng

But, how good were the hamburgers and hotdogs? 🤣

To be fair the best part of the show was when it went haywire LOL That part was the most exciting. My crazy Pyro friends and I would have stayed there close to watch it. True Pyro’s who do 1.3 shows aren’t quit right 🤣🤣

I was front row for this 😎

13:05 those kids were just going to ride it out in the front row

You ran into the garage, but, did you close the garage door ??

He stated he is very meticulous about safety except for one big thing, lets launch fireworks in a neighborhood with homes nearby. Why not launch the fireworks in a large school field??

dude that wasnt a malfunction it was a premature ignition of fuses due to sparks you could prevent this you know how wrap fuses and quickmatch in aluminum foil or aluminum tape i do it all the times with my firework shows and such bad thing never happen to me

Thanks for this video.

Very cool. Like that fox too.

I have a question about fireworks every company they should add cement on cakes and tubes for the canister so it could prevent accidents I’ll do that if I buy fireworks

This happens way too often. People want to light more than one tube at a time. And when one goes it knocks the other ones over. Lesson too be learned. Please share this info with anyone u can. Thanks for making the video. Even when in a rack these shells can be devastating. I had a plug blow out the bottom of a tube and blow in the 2x4 rack. Blew everything to splinters. Thank god it was a quick rack and all the shells were already in the air. Mind u this was a hand built strong 2x4 rack not a chintzy store bought one. It stood no chance. Neither did anything within a few feet of it. And that was a regular consumer grade shell. Nothing special

Tubes are way too close together

Before watching, I have seen things tip over OR be tipped over intentionally about 8 times in about 16 shows. I've given up on people. They don't want a safe distance or they're pricks wanting to hurt people.

Well, Honestly, The Best Fireworks Show is when shit just goes nuts exactly like yours, Pretty much every man, woman and child has to fend for themselves !!!!

Hope you have a good umbrella insurance policy. Opening yourself up to some big lawsuits.

MAN..............!🤩

Look like Walt Disney fire thing lol dope

2 great things happened,1st and most nobody got hurt..thank God cause shit happens.2nd the show was going real slow so the jump in the rope/fuse,helped you have a much better show,fast paist is what it needed,all in all everyone is safe and your show came out great.

It might have been dangerous but it was an excellent looking.

When you have so much shells as well... there could have been a possibility that a shell that was loaded upside down as well. That will cause major chaos as well. Happy that nobody was injured and it was an amazing show nonetheless.

Don’t give up man……..you may have to move to another neighborhood…….. but don’t give up!

that's so illegal in my state

This is a Opportunity to Design Safety Firing Systems for Neighborhood Block Party's, i personally love the Unknown Variables of Fireworks, for me it's a Bonus and Charm of Fireworks, but that's just me, for Families i completely Advocate Safety number 1 and second rule refers back to Rule number 1, Instead of Restrictions as Some big Companies try to Impose to Control the Markets, the Safety Firing Systems complete packages for the Block Party being the Incredible Experience that Everyone Looks forward too, just a Idea, me Personally Loved the Show and Am very happy no one was Permanently Injured

Merica bay beeeee lol. Still a good show man

Human Error is not a malfunction. Those mortar tubes were not secure and way to close to each other.

That was crazy

This is why you use dividers and fire the show electrically.

Brother that shit was a close call! Glad everyone was ok. Man every time I see whoever that was looking from the inside of the garage, it gives me the chills. Please close your garage door! Not preaching, just saying!

Not enough room between anything the heat in itself would detonate the cakes and rockets.

I had one cake tube explode. It blew the shit out of the cake next to it, which then ignited with all its tubes pointed wherever god wanted. It was a nightmare. My learning moment came the following year when I used 8 4x8 sheets instead of 2.

We had 5 200g cakes tip over this year. Last time that one tipped was 5 years ago and only one. This year, all 200g, tipped, and 5. 200g is risky, it is putting too much in a too small case. 350+ is only what we buy for now on

That’s so cool 🔥🔥🔥🔥

My kind of fireworks show!

You sure have understanding neighbors! Not only about the fireworks but also the loud anthem performance. I’m assuming you asked or your neighbors beforehand? I’m pretty sure this level of patriotism wouldn’t go over to well in my neighborhood!

Those kids were like "heck yeah front row!" Luckily grandpa grabbed em right before it went nuclear lol.

This was pretty cool tho!😂

I live on a cul-de-sac and our idiot neighbors lit those huge M80 sounding things off in his backyard, 45 minutes i watched his crap rain down on my roof. Literally shook my whole house. 🙄

Oh shit, sorry man... 😢😢😢

Not sure where this took place, what state and local authority, just wondering are these fireworks legal where this happened? Thanks.

I am sure your neighbors will be confident in your 'changes' for next year.

It's because of careless behavior like this, innocent bystanders lose their lives. Unacceptable.

I dig the disclaimer, but you gonna have to give me a free show before I pay you to make one.

wow powerful

to be honest looked good in the sky until I saw what happened on the ground

Never ever ever use "racks" that are basically a box of mortars. ESPECIALLY for salutes! One goes in the gun, and scatters the rest of the tubes everywhere. Never use them, even for color shells.

Fireworks accidents are the best.

I think it's best to leave fireworks to the professionals.

Nice stand, 86?

Even if I'm just shooting a single artillery shell I still brick the mortar tube.

Why are you scared stay out there. It’s awesome.

do you glue down the cakes at all or just set them on there?

I use bricks with everything I shoot off, never wanna risk something tipping over. Always use bricks for cakes and canisters especially ! Safety first always.

I have brain cancer on my bucket list is to find some nuclear strobe rockets Does anyone know where I can buy those?

That’s the only downfall to fusing everything together is that you can’t shut it down once it’s started. I would recommend picking up some cobra firing modules and a remote. Or even a cheap Chinese firing system would work.

One day this violence will end as well.

Cuz, get you a firing system. Do away with the fuse

Put sides on your boards at least of foot tall all around you’re in a neighborhood and you need sides!