Police are investigating after a firework was set off dangerously close to a mum and her children and nearly blew up in their faces.
The firework was set off by a young man close to where Chelsea Thomas and two of her daughters were sitting in the West End Gardens, near The Battery, on Bonfire Night.
Chelsea and her four children had gone to watch fireworks over Morecambe Bay on Thursday evening (November 5) when the incident happened.
"We were near the fountains and this idiot set off a firework right behind us that went up in the air, must have misfired, and came flying down onto the pavement and exploded in front of us," she said.
"It was just a few feet away."
Chelsea, whose arm was in a sling due to a broken collar bone, said: "Luckily my eldest daughter span around, and I shielded my youngest Lottie, who is seven, by throwing my body over her.
"The children were not hurt, thank God. We were so lucky. My daughter could have had a firework blow up in her face.
"It was terrifying and traumatic for my children. One of my daughters doesn't want to go and watch fireworks now.
"I confronted the lad who set off the firework and he was less than remorseful.
"One of my children could have been seriously injured, or worse dead if I hadn't shielded her."
Chelsea also said a second mis-firing firework, set off dangerously close to families in the West End Gardens just seconds later, caused burns to two other young children nearby.
Police said the incident had been reported to them, and is being investigated as an assault causing actual bodily harm.
They have also appealed for information after reports of youths setting off fireworks on Morecambe Promenade.
Police received a number of calls from members of the public on Bonfire Night reporting incidents on Marine Road West, believed to be close to the Battery car park and the play park near the Beach cafe.
If you have any information please call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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