This 1,175-pound beast was the largest firework ever detonated in North America and may be the heaviest ever set off in the world. The 48-inch shell was launched with 58 pounds of high explosives from a mortar buried 20 feet deep into a mountainside in Steamboat Springs, Colorado earlier this year. | 11Alive

The World's Largest Firework was set off in Steamboat Springs, CO over the weekend! It weighed around 2800 lbs! Previous attempts have gone off on the ground, making this firework the largest one to be successfully blown up in the air. | WeatherNation