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Squibbing brought carnival night to a spectacular crescendo on Friday - as shooting sparks lit up the high street.

After Bridgwater Carnival's world famous parade had snaked through the town, another world famous event took its place.

Around 140 squibbers, wrapped up in hard hats and goggles, lined up with squibs attached to their long wooden Cosh's. Among them was Mercury reporter James Beal, finding out for the first time what it was like to take part in the event in front of thousands of people.

He said: “It was a fantastic experience. “I've always wanted to have a go - so to get the chance was a real honour.

“I was pretty nervous beforehand, there feels like there is quite a bit of pressure on you and, of course, you are worried about getting burnt.”

Once everyone was in place, the squibbing marshals lit up a 'line of fire' all the way down the high street.

Then the crowd roared as the squibbers lit their fireworks and lifted them high into the air.

James added: “When the horn sounds and you light your squib, the nerves disappear and it's just a massive adrenaline buzz.

“You are standing in the middle of a tunnel of fire - with sparks raining down on you.

“Where else in the world could you experience something like that?”

Clive Kett, squibbing officer and Bridgwater Carnival chairman, said more people than ever before had turned out to watch the squibbing this year.

He told the Mercury: “Everything ran like clock work. “One woman from Doncaster came up to me at the end - she said she had missed the carnival but didn't mind because she had got to see the squibbing.

“It was absolutely superb.”