A 29-year-old man in southeast China's Fujian Province died on February 14 after the fireworks he attempted to set off misfired and blew his head off, "The Southeast Express" reports.

The man, who went by the name of A Zhong in the report, left behind a daughter less than two years old and parents in their 60s in Xiawei village, Lingchuan Township, Chengxiang District of Putian City.

The 25-sound fireworks that killed A Zhong were more than 13 centimeters in diameter and illegally obtained from Liuyang City in Hunan Province, a traditional manufacturing center of fireworks in China, the report said.

A Zhong's relatives said the village's four major families took turns organizing fireworks displays as an annual celebratory rite.

The giant fireworks exploded immediately after they were lit, giving A. Zhong no time to escape, one of his brothers-in-law was quoted as saying. The man's skull was retrieved the next day by neighbors.

Xu Yunhai, head of the local work safety supervision station, told the newspaper that fireworks of such size are banned from being sold in markets and can only be set off on special occasions by specialists or under their guidance. He also said it was difficult to supervise the sale of such large-scale fireworks as strong demand had prompted illegal sales to mushroom.