The fireworks were already a regular event of the fiestas by the middle of the last century. They were set off in the main square – La Plaza del Castillo. There was always a big attendance for this show although at that time the security measures were not nearly as tight as they are now. So, it is no surprise to find that mishaps would occur. Such as the one on the 11th of July, 1948 when the show started a bit too early for the good of the public. It happened that as the workmen were unloading the material in the early afternoon some fireworks went off and this set off a chain of explosions which spread like wildfire – and that is the apt expression in the circumstances – and caused many slight abrasions among the public in the busy square. Many would have gone home that evening well scorched. Needless to say, there was no fireworks show that night