In honor of Independence Day, we at the Gateway Pundit want to remind our readers to be extremely careful when dealing with fireworks. As you’ll see below, things can go badly extremely fast.
This viral story from 2022 happened in Nebraska. A family is hanging out on the front lawn and shooting off some fireworks, but one goes astray and hits the main stash behind a car. Within seconds, their yard is transformed into a war zone.
We can all laugh now, but this family probably wasn’t laughing when this happened. Luckily, no one was seriously injured.
The incident was covered by Today:
Family speaks out about the viral video of their terrifying fireworks mishap
Initially posted on Reddit, the video — which has since been removed — shows party-goers at a private home preparing to enjoy the fireworks display, before the worst happens.
“The firework was supposed to go up, but it did not,” one of the homeowners told TODAY Parents. The homeowners asked that they remain anonymous to protect their privacy. “It caused another box of fireworks to ignite, and when the rest of the fireworks ignited they shot to the left and the right. And the rest is kind of history.”
In the video, three adults are seen lighting the fireworks before backing away. As it ignites, the fireworks shoot sideways, towards a group of adults and children. As parents and kids begin to scream and some parents start to grab children to move them out of the way, another set of fireworks ignites into a ball of flames behind a vehicle parked in the homeowner’s driveway.
More fireworks explode on the ground near the vehicle, sending the party-goers running.
Watch the whole thing below. It’s amazing that this is real.
Moment family’s front lawn fireworks party turns into a WAR ZONE as box of rockets catches fire‼️
pic.twitter.com/wKpgarFNgU— Mark Lewis (@Maga4liberty) July 4, 2025
Have a great – and safe – holiday!
