BRAINERD — Who doesn’t like a light show? For the members of the Pyrotechnics Guild International, fireworks are more than just a passing interest, they’re a passion. They got to display that passion ...

As U.S. residents crane their necks skyward this week during their local Fourth of July fireworks displays, they may not realize the degree to which increasingly sophisticated software technology is ...

Pyrotechnician Patrick Cyrana joins WIRED to answer your burning questions about fireworks. How are fireworks designed? How do they get their color? What is the most dangerous firework statistically?

IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE THE DEADLY EXPLOSIONS IN ESPARTA THAT LEFT SEVEN PEOPLE DEAD AND TWO INJURED. AND TONIGHT, KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES HAS UNCOVERED NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE ESPARTA FIREFIGHTER ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colors, sparks, booms and whistles all require different pyrotechnic recipes. chensiyuan/WikimediaCommons, CC BY-SA For many ...

If your community is one of the 296 in California that allow the sale and use of state-approved fireworks for the Fourth of July, the most frequently asked questions at those pyro-peddling pop-ups in ...

Pyrotechnics professionals worked under the warm Seattle sun on the 3rd of July in preparation for the big show that will light up the night sky on the 4th. Aboard a massive barge positioned between ...

The place is packed from floor to ceiling with all manner of fireworks, big and small. The vibrant, garish colors of the packages of various rockets and mortars and “cakes” (big boxes containing ...