You see, to make fireworks, you need four basic components: Fuel, usually gunpowder, a compound that produces color, a fuse, and glue to hold it all together. You mix this stuff up into what's ...

The discovery of fireworks parallels the discovery of gunpowder. All of the important chemical substances needed to make gunpowder—saltpeter (KNO 3), sulfur and carbon—were found in ancient China. The ...

After the fireworks show, a stampede occurred as people tried to leave what today is the Place de la Concorde, and approximately 800 people were killed. Historians believe that black powder ...

Fireworks masters manufacture their creations by hand, including the hundreds of stars that go into a single firework. They mix carefully measured ingredients like perchlorate and black powder ...

Two men were seriously injured in a fire accident while filling gunpowder for a fireworks display at Thrichattukulam Temple in Poochakkal. The incident occurred on Tuesday, with both individuals ...

TOKYO -- Millions of people are delighted by the sparkling spectacle of fireworks at festivals in Japan every summer, but did you know that Japanese fireworks once called "wabi" date back to the ...

Kalmeshwar: A series of powerful explosions at the ball mill unit of a factory manufacturing fireworks fuses killed two ...

A dazzling fireworks display choreographed by Zhong Liang illuminates the night sky on February 2, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of ...

Their origins can be traced back over 2,000 years to ancient China, where fireworks were invented. The Chinese used gunpowder-filled bamboo stalks to create small explosions, believed to ward off ...