Dubai’s fiery record lights up New Year

Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year’s Eve with a show involving more than half a million fireworks, Guinness World Records said yesterday.

“Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during the display which lasted around six minutes, with Guinness World Records adjudicators on hand to confirm that a new record had been set,” the Guinness website said.

The display spanned 94km of the Dubai coast, which boasts an archipelago of man-made islands and Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, Guinness said.