Fireworks Factory Blowing Up In Uffculme, Devon, England.

[Skye99115]

This is true! I have to walk to Uffculme from Ashill everyday to get to the shops and to school with my cousin. I was at home one day with my cousin when we saw some fireworks in Uffculme and thought it was a giant display, so we took the dogs and went for a walk to see them....well, it definetly wasn't a show! And it scared us to death! But we are alive :P

[burn19ballz]

they ought to bury firework fatories underground so at least if they do explode the surrounding area i well protected and the and the damage cost l be lowered and escape routes for the factory that are well away from the powder storage and manufacturing stations.

[XimbetterthanuXx]

announcer: it all started when chuck norris entered the room...

[kraizil]

@XimbetterthanuXx  YOUR GAY GO HIDE YOUR FACE

[XimbetterthanuXx]

@kraizil my face will never be hidden

[lovegunz1]

@Catfan4CP  says catfan4

[EAmaster123]

enschede was much more worse

[highshootown]

Not at worse as enschede, but this is teriffic too, i live in the enschede

[artistry6781]

why do people have to use gutter talk it just shows you up for what you must be and thats a very poorly educated person so light touch paper and STAND CLEAR

[tacticalxd45]

SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST DUMB FUCKING IDIOTS WITH NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE OR ANYTHING!!!!Those people should rot!!!

[bogen1050]

of all the buildings that catch fire. lol

[jimbolimboboy]

I live in tiverton and we heard it aha :P

[BogMonkey53]

@jimbolimboboy didn't get to see it though? Petty it wasnt at night.

[EurekaTutorial]

i was one of the by standers :D yo mom im famouse!

[MrSensei1231]

i saw my house :)

[VCat2006]

I can't hear any blast over the dramatic music.

[MollyMaytee123]

haha i saw my house :L in the vid.

[LoveStrucked09]

Wow.

[MollyMaytee123]

dont be sarcastic with me u cunt.

fuckk off ennit.

[14BlackSabbath14]

i live in uffculme. never heard bout that.

[MollyMaytee123]

aha. who are u then?

[wingbatknickers]

The Uffculme event was a fireworks STORAGE facility. They do not MAKE fireworks.

Secondly, c0lumbo states that the fire was caused by a faulty "detonator". Detonators are only used to trigger a chain reaction in hi-explosives and are more properly known as Blasting Caps. The word c0lumbo is looking for is 'electric ignighter'. This sounds horribly pedantic but when people get the truth mixed with their own truth, missinformation results and things get blown up out of proportion. END

[wingbatknickers]

Firstly, there are very very very few actual plants still making fireworks in the uk. Kimbolton in Cambridge who now only make small items and the odd shell. And two or three small factories making non-explosive devices, like Portfires (hand held devices used to ignight fireworks in a manualy fired display) and indoor effects. There is one place I know of who make Thunderflash's for paint balling. They use flash powder making them the most dangerous in the event of a factory fire.

[y559djr]

i live in devon!!

didnt know about this tho

[yay2432]

well since no one died at least they got a fre firework show

[pandafuzzi]

shitt id be lootin that shit getin all the unlit ones

[sergey2master]

best 4th of July fireworks

[boilersfan1]

im just gonna get a house in the middle of the desert, fillit with fireworks, set it on fire, and drive away VERY VERY fast...

[Lanky16]

my village i was there when this beast happen in 1998

[porkydaman21]

Wheyy I remeber this! I was in Yr 2 n the ceiling fell down in my class!! Was Massive! Lucky No1 Died tho! Good Old Uffculme!

[yvr604]

wow again. there have been a few of these in europe. fireworks are banned in canada.

[jdubdc]

not in Ontario!

well, wait a minute- the huge kind of fireworks, or the kind you can get at the grocery store?

[tompsontommy]

fireworks arnt banned in canada....

[vash453469]

alot are

[kamowango]

He could have used a better metaphor than a hungry tiger.

[IRISHoKID]

lol. look at 9/11. u brits make fun of that and we say something about this video and were suddenly the devil's sons. GOD KILL THE QUEEN

[stubertos]

shut up u prick we dont laugh at 9/11 go get ur facts right

[IRISHoKID]

go onto other video about 9/11 and every brit's comment is "that was a great day" Fuck off

[monsnap1]

IRISHokid, some brits are absolute wankers most of us looked in horror about 9/11! Saying god kill the queen is the lowest of the lows you fucking fat twat!

[Crookmeisteren]

Fuck the queen no1 likes her anyway dick hed, so yh gd insult! WANKER!!!

[Morhgas]

lol I've never seen a single British person make fun of 9/11. Ever. To even think we'd say something like that is disgusting and you should be ashamed to stereotype us Brits just by a few retarded Youtube comments.

[lovegunz1]

@Morhgas you should be ashamed to stereotype americans becuse of the 75% that are retarded

[LordProteus]

We dont make fun of 9/11. You dont even know what the trade centre buildings were. there were people from countless nations in there, even from England i suspect, though im not sure.

You disgust me with your ignorence and vulgarity and you are the shame of your nation.

[QuietAussie]

I remember this so clearly - i was at the high school when it happened and in one of the art rooms! The windows shook and the mirror tipped threatening to fall right over and smash into pieces! I also remember we all ran outside to see the huge plume of smoke with fireworks whizzing up in the foreground! Amazing that all the workers got out really!

[god0fgod]

I've seen worse firework disasters.

[xxCharmed1329xx]

HOL-EE-SHIT!! it's like a disaster movie

[shmumble]

I CAN'T BELIEVE I LIVE IN THIS VILLAGE! I LIVE IN UFFCULME! my friends dad heard it from Tiverton! I was hiding underneath my dining room table when it happened u know!

[Chazzo131]

emoguylover101 that is a horrible thing to say. I bet you'd be proper scared. Think of all those poor people in there, they're extremely lucky to get out alive. Do you enjoy seeing people suffer?

[emoguylover101]

im sorry but if i was there i would be on the ground laughing at the expolsn

[kosmetdesnol]

tsssss.... in the netherlands , enschede . it was much bigger !!!

[emptyforrest]

i thing that it was worse in denmark. but still, a horrible accident

[TheXshot]

Enschede, The Netherlands, 13 may 2000. That was much bigger

[Vjeetn]

As far as I can tell from seeing footage the one in Denmark was indeed bigger although Enschede was massive as well!

Anyhow, this ain't a competition. Exploding firework factories are never funny! I hate i when that happens cause it gives a bad name to fireworks :(

[satansghost666]

I was at school when this happenned, watching it from the edge of the field. I still remember how loud the explosion was.

[Lanky16]

i remember that day i was only six at the time, no 1 died fortunately

[MrFatCat1]

oh wow this is great lets play with fire in a FIRE WORK FACTORY!

[Xenodius]

Yeah, fireworks don't use gunpowder. Gunpowder is nitrocellulose based, fireworks use black powder-- but often various other, less dangerous chemicals.

Technically they aren't explosives either. They are deflagrating, not exploding-- Confined deflagration produces an explosion. Look at dry ice in a water bottle.

[munkytron]

gun powder is not nitro cellulose based. smokeless gun powder is.

[hoboletter]

Life teaches you lessons.  You try to grow from them, not be ground down by them. I hope those who find this funny might think again ...

[benthecokeman]

hahaha did you see the monkey explode in 12:89 hahaha take that bubbles

[MissStablesxX]

i remember that day. i was at uffculme primary in year 2 and the ceiling fell down. it was my dads birthday as well!!

[munkytron]

hey i saw this live. kicked ass. pretty fucked up too.

[Birdieupon]

This guy Chris Hutchinson came to our secondary school (Tiverton High School) to give a speech on careers on our last day (3 years after this fecker blew up)! He even used some handheld fireworks to make a lame point about gold being better than silver (despite the fact that the gold firework he was holding looked crap against the bright silver one). So yea, Good role model eh...(!)

[biggy887766]

It was a caged tiger...I don't know whether to be entertained or really sad

[Birdieupon]

"suddenly you realised that when it got out of the cage..." so this guy didn't know fireworks could explode at the beginning? HA!

[stephowe]

fuck you, chris is an amazing guy.

shit happens, glad you find it so freaking halarious that people could have died you twat.

you to hell.

[Birdieupon]

I'm sure he's a great guy, and no it's not funny that people could have died, but my goodness his presentation WAS comedic (you had to be there).

[manutdtom]

wow - uffculme was on tv! i live here

[Dontwantsuperman]

Im Friends With The Guy Who Owned The Firworks Place...

&That Place Blowing Up Wasn't Funny.

At All.

[iluvdavidwalliams]

dude i used to work in happy shopper!

thats so kl!(bt kinda bad too lol)

[theultimatekoopa2]

You know I swear he used the EXACT same words as Stacy Keach did on World's Most Amazing Videos.

[joshcarter354]

haha thats funny stuff.

[Xenodius]

"a single spark?" How the heck can he know a spark caused that...

Retard.

Chemophobic news/media.

[c0lumbo]

Simple. Eyewitness accounts.

A very quick-thinking employee saw the spark and was able to shout "Run!!" very loudly so everyone had a chance to get out alive.

I know this because that man happens to be my father-in-law, who had probably saved a few lives that day. One of the burned-out cars in the video was his.

It later discovered that it was actually a spark from a faulty detonator that caused the explosion.

So don't go calling people retards when you don't know all the facts.

[thegirlcalledarual]

@c0lumbo my dad and godfarther used to work there. but they were not there that day :)

[carmenserra201158]

terribile!

[mattymcgrath]

this is very interesting

[darkdeath666]

cool