 knocking one down, and it explodes when it hits the grass, as fireworks are intended to do. It was meant to explode in the air. It explodes when it hits the grass, or it hits the grass, and a half second later it explodes, engulfs this cheerleader in flames. Now, thankfully, she wasn't seriously injured. The other one actually shot more diagonally across the stadium seating into the west side seating about midway up, just right into the crowd.