Some of the smaller firecrackers are lethal,I blew a coke can apart with one,a friend in Manila had a son whose hand was damaged when he held onto one just a second too long,he was only a kid about 8 years old back thenReminds me of the blast fishermen you sometimes see around Zambo,one hand,scarred face,and deaf due to holding their carbide bombs and mis-timing the fuse.