There was something in the paper this week about an accident at a small civilian fireworks factory in Sicily which killed some of the workers - the paper said over 60 people had lost their lives in fireworks factory explosions in Italy in the last 10 years.
Made me think of teh Russian accident (s) - and of course that tremendous French one a few years back.
Things that are intended to explode need to be treat with very great care - I wonder if people just forget what they are dealing with after a few years of routine.