WATCH: Fireworks stalls in Bulacan go on 24-hour operation

Several fireworks stalls in Bulacan province are now on 24-hour operation as people hurry to buy firecrackers and pyrotechnics with just one week to go before the New Year revelry.

 

A video retweeted by radio dzBB showed people flocking to stores in Barangay Turo before dawn Friday.

VIDEO: Madaling araw pa lang ay may mangilan-ngilan ng mga mamimili ng paputok sa Brgy. Turo sa Bocaue, Bul... https://t.co/mgWgkMcgR4

— Owez Enriquez (@itsoweznotowen) December 25, 2014

 

Many stores were also open on a 24-hour basis along McArthur Highway in Biñang 1st in Bocaue town, considered the country's fireworks capital.

Tindahan ng mga paputok sa kahabaan ng Mac Arthur Hi-way sa Biñang 1st, Bocaue, Bulacan na magdamag nang bukas. @dzbb pic.twitter.com/EPXDVJvqFV

— Owez Enriquez (@itsoweznotowen) December 25, 2014

 

Several people have been going to Bulacan to buy fireworks in time for next week's New Year revelry.

 

This year, new powerful but potentially harmful fireworks have surfaced, with colorful names such as "Goodbye Panot" and "Boom Panot." —Joel Locsin/KG, GMA News