LONDON — A huge fire at a fireworks warehouse in southern England sent explosives up to the sky amid loud bangs.

More than 70 firefighters struggled to bring the fire at Fireworks Factory and Flower Factory in Southampton under control.

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Hampshire Fire Service said they are likely to remain at the scene for several hours to put the fire out.

A major fire's broken out at a fireworks factory in Southampton.@CapitalSCNews (video via @beeEhops)pic.twitter.com/lh2ljJ8doI — Global's Newsroom (@globalsnewsroom) May 13, 2016

Fireworks going off its mad😳😳😳😳 pic.twitter.com/f8xdxqRgr8 — RG (@ryangregoryy) May 13, 2016

Footage from the scene showed fireworks exploding in the sky as black smoke billows from the warehouse.

Pic from #Bitterne #fire earlier, fire now under control, thankfully noone inside firework shop at time pic.twitter.com/XxY2DgJvBj — HampshireFireService (@Hants_fire) May 13, 2016

An area in a radius of 100 meters around the warehouse was evacuated. Nobody was in the factory at the time.

The cause of the fire isn't not known yet.

Crews likely to be on scene of #Bitterne #fire much of day damping down, cause not yet known but to be investigated pic.twitter.com/gOfadcK6Le — HampshireFireService (@Hants_fire) May 13, 2016

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