The explosion happened in the eastern city of Muridke in Punjab province, causing the number of injuries mentioned, who were taken to nearby hospitals for medical care, according to reports from the private TV channel DAWN NEWS.

Five people who worked on fireworks shows for Independence Day died in explosions, including four in a single explosion that rocked this remote town in the islands of the Outer Banks.
The fifth died after an explosion at a fireworks show in Pennsylvania, police said.

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The Winners of the Competition of Pyro Artists

Winner of the EDDA in gold

Francisco „Kiko“ Martinez Gomis and theFocs dÁrtifici Europlá Team
(Spain)

Winner of the EDDA in silverCai, Liu, Yang and Zeng and the Liuyang Dancing Fireworks Team
(China)

Winner of the EDDA in bronze

Kiyoshi Kitahara
and the Tamaya Kitahara Fireworks Team
(Japan)

Photos: feuerwerksfotos.de und PYROMUSIKALE

Creativity EDDA for outstanding artistic creativity and innovation

Antonio Scarpato
and Pirotecnica Scarpato
(Italy)

Audience EDDA on Friday

Kiyoshi Kitahara
and the Tamaya Kitahara Fireworks Team
(Japan)

Audience EDDA on Saturday

Cai, Liu, Yang and Zeng and the Liuyang Dancing Fireworks Team
(China)

Video: fireworks show of Antonio Scarpato, Italy

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For this eighth edition there prepared a great (montage for herself at the expense of the teacher coheter Joan García who possessed the collaboration of the Colla d’Engraellat and the load of more than 500 pieces of “morterets” and “cantarelles” on the part of the company Vicente Caballer.

His montage, which it began almost twelve hours before the shot, constituted already in yes the same spectacle. To see it on the scheme and his materialization on the street, he(she) resembled more a musical score than any other thing. The “cañoncetes” (morterets i cantarelles) were wound up to the soil.

The shot was done manually and the used gunpowder was special, practically pure, of there the high cost of the shot, besides which it meant the construction of these pieces of iron, recovering the models who come of the XIXth century and previous.

Photos : Joan V. Ramírez

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Castillo Photo:Josep V. Zaragoza

Valencia is a land of pyrotechnics. There is barely an event held in this region, whether public or private, a popular celebration or a simple family meeting, that isn’t accompanied by the noise and smell of gunpowder.

The Fallas, as the prime example of a popular Valencian fiesta, has a highly varied programme of fireworks displays: from daytime “mascletàs” (see the section referring to them) to ever-more creative and exciting pyrotechnical shows taking place at night, starting from the 15th March, in the old Turia riverbed; specifically, between the Puente de la Exposición – called “La Peineta” (The Comb) by locals – and the Puente de las Flores.

The most spectacular and best-known of all these is the “Nit del Foc” (literally “Night of Fire”), the best example of the intensity that can be reached combining light, colour and explosions. This tremendous pyrotechnical festival takes place on the night between the 18th and the 19th March and acts as a preamble to the main day of the Fallas.

fallas from Valencia

Nit del Foc

Mascletà fallas photo:ciberfallas.com

There is no fireworks display comparable to a “mascletà” and the emotions it arouses can only be understood by experiencing it at least once.

Mascletà fallas photo:ciberfallas.com

The City Council of Valencia organizes a calendar of “mascletaes” from the 1st of March to St. Joseph’s Day (19th March), at the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the city’s urban centre. At 2 o’ clock in the afternoon, thousands and thousands of people congregate there, every day, to witness a unique event that should not be missed by anyone who plans to experience the genuine Fallas atmosphere.

fallas from Valencia

Mascletà fallas photo:ciberfallas.com

"despertà"

Although written in Valencian, the term is quite explicit: the “despertà” refers to the act of waking up the neighbourhood. How? Very simple: by setting off hundreds of firecrackers first thing in the morning. The “Falleros” come out into the streets at dawn, armed with a kind of local firecracker known as “tró de bac”, which has no fuse and is set off by throwing it at the ground, making a very loud bang.

This is a celebration that increasingly enjoys the participation of people unaffiliated with the commissions and which takes place in a permanent atmosphere of fun and noise.

"despertà"

Fire is the fiesta’s symbolic spirit and the Fallas final destination. So this parade is an exhibition of the varied rites and displays from around the world which, use fire as a basic feature.

This is a colourful, noisy event, with floats, giant mechanisms, people in costumes, rockets, gunpowder, street performances, music… All at nightfall, as the time approaches for the “Ninots” (sculptures) to be consumed by flames.