10,500,000 firecrackers - new world record

According to this video, at the 2006 Fireworks Convention in Appleton, Wisconsin, two world records were broken as regards firecrackers. In this 3 minute video clip you can see the entire event. They were the most firecrackers lit in one mega-string (approximately 10,500,000 firecrackers) and the most firecrackers in one super string (a vertical string of crackers).