ONE of four brothers who ran an Alicante province fireworks factory has died in an explosion on Thursday morning.

Reports of the blast- heard across a wide area- came in shortly after 9.30am at Ferrandez Pyrotechnics in the Vega Baja region town of Redovan.

The company is famous for supplying and running displays including the world famous Nit de l’Alba in Elche earlier this month.