20K views | This massive firework explosion set a Guinness World...

1.6M views · 22K shares | 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. | 11Alive | Facebook

At least eight people were killed following an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, local media reported. According to reports several others were injured when fire broke out at the factory in Kumardubi village in the East Singhbhum district on Sunday. Amateur video obtained by the Associated Press showed local residents fleeing the scene in the immediate aftermath of the incident. | Voice of America