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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3131670" data-attributes="member: 13624">Assuming the fuses were the only things ignited; if sparks fell on thin casings, the shell itself could have been ignited, or the lift charge for large shells (which is typically black powder).  Get a couple of small charges, or one good lift charge, ignited, and that could easily produce a chain reaction in the rest of them.(I used to build fireworks, under the tutelage of my high school chemistry teacher, and in the lab with known reagents and proper safety protocols.)</blockquote>