Straight shooter: The firework strayed off course and ended up in the family's home
This was the terrifying moment a stray rocket shot directly into a family's apartment.
The occupants were fortunate to escape serious injury or worse as the footage shows a firework heading straight towards them at their home in Brazil.
With the accuracy of a heat seeking missile, the powerful pyrotechnic loops scarily away from its intended trajectory and towards the apartment block.
The family had earlier been using the vantage point to enjoy the firework display.
That was before the rocket headed towards them with unerring accuracy, sneaking through the window at high speed.
According to reports in Brazil, a mother, her five and 12-year-old children and their grandfather were sent to a nearby hospital to recover from burn injuries.
I remember my pyrotechnic youth when having bought the 6 largest rockets off Brocks factory directly, plus some heavy duty mortars and other explosive delights, my brother and I set them off at my sister's wedding celebrations at midnight. Apart from the village thinking WW3 had broken, the first rocket left a tumbling launch pad to take a straight line directly into the housing estate a 1/2 mile away. We witnessed the rocket hit the wall next to an upstairs window in a 4th of July explosion. Luckily the house was later found to be empty and windows intact. This occurence could have been far more serious for an unfortunate family.