Deafening sounds of erratic fireworks heard in downtown Los Angeles, leaving questions

I literally thought a building had been hit by something and that missiles were being fired due to the sound, I was relieved, puzzled and irritated when I saw it was fireworks going off and not missiles.

Then the firework noise just kept going and going, so I went to the window to see it. It seemed like too many of the explosions were going off at the same time, which made me think it was an accident they were set off.

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