11.   An explosion at a small fireworks factory in northern Portugal on Friday killed four employees and injured another man, an official said.

12.   An illegal fireworks factory exploded Tuesday in central Mexico, carving a crater into a residential area and flattening two blocks.

13.   An explosion rocked a fireworks factory on Thursday in eastern Spain, killing two workers, officials said.

14.   An explosion Tuesday in a fireworks factory in the countryside outside this port city killed three people and wounded two, Italian news reports said.

15.   An illegal fireworks factory exploded Tuesday in central Mexico, carving a crater into a residential area and flattening two entire blocks.

16.   APTV has been visiting a firework factory, where employees risk their lives on a daily basis.

17.   China has been trying to crack down on illegal and unsafe fireworks factories, where explosions and accidents kill or maim uncounted numbers each year.

18.   Deadly explosions that flattened a Japanese-owned fireworks factory in south China may have been sparked by employees testing new fireworks, an official newspaper reported.

19.   Each year scores of people die in explosions caused by lax safety standards at fireworks factories throughout China.

20.   Fireworks factories sometimes use children or school pupils to assemble fireworks, despite laws banning the practice, China state media have reported.