20 Minutes Worth of Fireworks Launched in 15 Seconds in San Diego

5 minutes before the fireworks were set to begin, a San Diego crowd of 500,000 saw the first firework launch. But not just the first. They saw all of them launch in 15 seconds, in what looked like a chaotic blob of red, yellow, orange, and white, with flares zipping all around it. The crowd cheered wildly, not knowing what to think, only to discover that those were all the fireworks. 20 minutes worth of fireworks had just been launched in 15 seconds.

According to San Diego officials, this was caused by a technical glitch in the program that set up the timing of the fireworks. This came as quite a surprise to them, because all preliminary testing of the system worked fine.

Reactions were very mixed on this issue. People used social media to express how mad they were about the bust of the fireworks, but others thought it was amazing to see this huge mess of fireworks. Some couldn't decide, and said it was the best and worst fireworks show ever.

Many people posted videos of this, which was dubbed the "Back Bay Boom" on YouTube. Check out one of the videos above.