SAN DIEGO — A major fireworks display went out with a bang — almost immediately.

The Big Bay Boom extravaganza over the San Diego Bay was set off all at once Wednesday night, sending a spectacular barrage of color into the sky for about 15 seconds. Then it was over, CNN.com reported.

Amateur videos from the fireworks faux pas show what looks like a grand finale. Only there was nothing to follow.

The kicker? Garden State Fireworks, the New Jersey company that typically runs the Kaboom! Fireworks on the Navesink display in Red Bank, was behind the mistake, Yahoo! News said.

Garden State Fireworks says barges stocked with the explosives received a signal to "set the timing" of the show, but it inadvertently launched the whole show at once, according to Yahoo! News.

The Long Hill-based company's website reads: "Pleasing millions of spectators for over a century!" Too bad this time it was only for a few seconds.

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