Bonfire Night – Scary information

Did you know?

• A sparkler reaches a temperature of up to 2,000 degrees Celsius - that's 20 times the boiling point of water.

• Sparklers get five times hotter than cooking oil.

• A rocket can reach 150 miles an hour.

• A firework shell can go as high as 200 metres.

• Three sparklers burning together generate the same heat as a blow-torch.

• Why do you see the explosion before hearing it? The sound travels at 742 miles/ hour, but light travels 670,616,625.6 miles / hour.

• A sparkler burns at five times the heat of a bonfire.

• The highest number of firework-related injuries happen at family or private parties.

• Around half of all injuries happen to children under the age of 17.

• The most common injuries are to hands followed by eyes and faces.

Stay safe this year ensure that you have carried out a risk assessment before you light your fire and fireworks.