📹The city of Tultepec is known as Mexico’s ‘pyrotechnics capital,’ where life is centred on the production of artisanal, hand-made fireworks. ‘If you’re from Tultepec, you have gunpowder in your blood,’ says Salvador Sanchez, who followed in his father’s footsteps as a fireworks maker.

Every year, Tultepec holds a weeklong festival to honour St. John of God, who Mexican pyrotechnic craftsmen consider their patron saint.

Once the parade is over, fireworks light up the sky. The bull-shaped floats spew streams of sparks and spin, while the most daring revellers dance frenetically among exploding fireworks and screaming rockets. Scores of festival-goers are severely burned or injured during the incredible spectacle.

Watch documentary 'Mexican Boom Town' (2018) and see why Tultepec residents risk their lives to make pyrotechnics.

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