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05 July 2012 10:18 AM | By Tom Phillips & msnNOW staff
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San Diego accidentally blows up all its fireworks at once

San Diego accidentally blows up all its fireworks at once (© Karl Weatherly/Photodisc/Getty Images)
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The crowds waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks around San Diego Bay got what they came for - the problem was they got it all at once. Port District authorities said a technical difficulty caused all the fireworks in the aptly-named "Big Bay Boom" display (intended to last 18 minutes) to go off in the space of under thirty seconds, as you can see in this amazing video of the spectacular fail. Stay explodey, San Diego.

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