San Diego’s Fourth of July celebration went out with a bang when technicians accidentally set off all their fireworks at once. An 18-minute show lasted all of 15 seconds, The Atlantic reports

Confused spectators waited around for what they thought was going to be the rest of the show, but were sent home and told the show (that was supposed to be choreographed to music) was canceled. 

One reveler caught it on video: 


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