An explosion followed by a fire occurred inside a pyrotechnic warehouse during the very early morning hours. Fire-fighters arrived onsite, but the fire had already been self-extinguished after 1 hour of burning. The incident only resulted in property damage (notably a destroyed roof). The depot had contained weather flares (1999), Asian products from a 1998 batch (shells with diam. < 100 mm), miscellaneous stored pyrotechnic equipment on hand for the July 14th celebration fireworks, and a few untraceable pyrotechnic items. This storage unit had not been handled since July 6th (when boxes had been removed). Neighbouring depots did not undergo any deterioration due to extraneous debris from the explosion, thanks to the presence of protective bund walls placed to the north and west of the storage facility. The causes of this accident remained unknown.