Call it what you will - Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night - it involves flames, bangs, oohs and aaahs. We love it.

But make sure, whether you’re attending a public firework display or organising your own fireworks night, that you keep you, your family, your animals and your property safe. Or the oohs and aaahs will be followed by owwws and aaaarghs.

• Keep a safe distance when you’re watching
• Never hold a lit firework (make sure you’re even careful with those sparklers!)
• Keep a bucket of sand and a bucket of water handy
• Keep animals safe indoors - they’re not so keen on the pretty lights and entertaining whoosh, scream, bang noises
• Unless you really are a rocket scientist, don’t make your own fireworks
• Once you’ve lit the fuse, retire to a safe distance quickly (be VERY careful about approaching a firework you think hasn’t lit properly)

Basically, don’t do what THIS guy does…