<br /> <p>Tourists posted videos of panic after a fireworks display showered the crowd attending a full moon party in Koh Phangan in southern Thailand on New Year’s Eve with sparks and hot embers</a></p><p>The incident took place on the popular backpacker island of Koh Phangan as a giant sign reading “Happy New Year 2017” was set alight at midnight. Credit: Lucy Coyle via Storyful</p><br />