Firework Kills British Man As It Explodes In His Face Whilst Celebrating New Years Eve.

Gary McLaren, 50, from Corby in Northamptonshire, was celebrating New Year’s Eve with his fiancee and a group of friends in Pattaya when he tried to light a firework twice and it exploded in his face killing him.

Officers arrived around 12.30am and found Mr McLaren on the ground in front of a beer bar, with serious facial injuries.

 CPR was administered but he died at the scene.

McLaren had only just arrived in Thailand days before to visit his girlfriend.