Some fireworks companies are still reeling after the pandemic hit the industry hard. Due to a pyrotechnician shortage, some cities and towns are rescheduling or canceling their July Fourth fireworks.

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?

Sparkling flecks of hot metal rain down on everyone inside the fallout zone. I protect my eyes and dash for cover. Some debris lands outside the yellow police caution tape, on a 4,000-strong crowd ...

LIVERMORE – Cities across the Bay Area are hosting 4th of July fireworks shows, including Livermore's "Salute to the 4th of July". The setup for the fireworks show takes up most of the outfield at the ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — The United States of America will mark 248 years since it declared independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Over time, fireworks have become a staple of ...

Frances Raven Marquez will be sitting on the San Clemente Pier on the Fourth, surrounded by 1,400 explosive shells, watching the sun sink into the waves and leave the sky all to her. She calls herself ...

Over the 4 th of July holiday weekend, the evening sky over many parts of the U.S. will be filled with color. But who makes sure that show runs smoothly? Learn from one MI company about some of the ...

The monitor in the control booth at the Hollywood Bowl is small, but it’s in color. It is from this vantage point that pyrotechnician Eric Elias watches the fruits of his labors: the elaborate ...

Mike Tockstein is a pyrotechnician for Pyro Spectaculars by Souza based in California. He got his start at 18 as an apprentice and has worked NFL, MLB, and NASCAR events. He says even though he's ...