When most of us think "fireworks," we think of brilliant bursts of light and color we've seen paint a night sky. But such bursts are merely the spectacular end of fireworks that likely took ...

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 ...

Changes to legislation proposed Monday would make it easier for prosecutors to convict those charged with fireworks-related ...

Approximately “18% of selected and tested fireworks products were found to contain noncompliant components, including fuse violations, the presence of prohibited chemicals and pyrotechnic ...

First, a base of black powder ignites to shoot the firework into the sky, and lights a fuse on fire. Once the firework is at the pinnacle of its trip, that lit fuse ignites a burst charge that ...

But a squib is literally a miniature explosive device, or form of firework, usually cylindrical in shape and with a paper fuse at one end, which fails to ignite if it gets wet. (The phrase is comm ...

Old fireworks are probably safe to use if they are not wet or damaged and the fuse is still intact, but that can be hard to tell months later. The shelf life of fireworks is 8 to 20 years when ...