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2. M-80 (explosive) - Wikipedia

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   Both operations were connected to a multi-state illegal fireworks distribution and production ring, and multiple people were eventually sent to prison for their involvement in both incidents. [ 18 ] The 1986 San Francisco fireworks disaster occurred when an illegal machine making M-80s failed, resulting in widespread destruction of a city block ...

3. Cherry bomb - Wikipedia

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   After the enactment of the Child Safety Act of 1966, all "consumer fireworks" (those available to individuals), such as silver tube salutes, cherry bombs and M-80s, were banned, and from then on, no cherry bomb or salute could contain more than 50 milligrams of powder mixture, about 5% of the original amount. The 50 mg cherry bomb law was ...

4. Flash powder - Wikipedia

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   It provides a great balance of stability and power, and is the composition used in most commercial exploding fireworks. The balanced equation for the reaction is:- 3 KClO 4 + 8 Al → 3 KCl + 4 Al 2 O 3. The stoichiometric ratio is 34.2% aluminum and 65.8% perchlorate by mass.

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6. List of fireworks accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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   Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company factory explosion: Devon, Pennsylvania: United States: 9 deaths: Factory 1 July 1937: Drake Drug Company fireworks explosion: Nampa, Idaho: United States: 6 deaths: Drug Store 6 November 1942: Rochester Fireworks Company explosion: Perinton, New York: United States: 11 deaths: Factory 1 April 1947 ...

7. Celebrate safely this Independence Day. Firework risk should ...

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   A recent fire at Tri-City Pallets illustrated our current fire danger, with several other fires started by the wind blowing embers along Highway 12. | Opinion Celebrate safely this Independence Day.

8. M-100 (explosive) - Wikipedia

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   In 1983, an explosion at a secret unlicensed fireworks factory manufacturing M-80 and M-100 fireworks near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven, injured one, and inflicted damage within a radius of several miles. [3]

9. Oroville man allegedly threw firework out of car window ... - AOL

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   The fire started on a "red flag day" — when the potential for a fast-moving brush fire was extremely high. The temperature was over 100, humidity was low, and winds were blowing west to east.