<p><br /> Thousands of Spaniards and foreigners jammed a historic city plaza in Pamplona as a firework blasted off to launch this year's annual San Fermin bull-running festival.<br /> </p><p><br /> The adrenaline-charged run - where six fighting bulls are released to chase the runners down a narrow street - took two minutes and twenty three seconds.<br /> </p><p><br /> An Australian tourist and a Spanish runner were slightly injured during the first bull run of the nine-day festivities which attract large numbers of foreign participants and tourists each year.<br /> </p><p><br /> Each year. the festival of San Fermin officially begins at midday on July 6 every year and the first bull run takes place the following day.<br /> </p><p><br /> The race starts at 8am every morning from July 7 to 14. The run stretches from the corral at Santo Domingo where the bulls are kept, to the bullring where they will fight that same afternoon.<br /> </p><p><br /> Each day six fighting bulls run the route, as well as two herds of bullocks.<br /> </p><p><br /> The length of the run is roughly 846m and the average time of the run from start to finish is about three minutes.<br /> </p><p><br /> The festival dates back to the 13th century.<br /> </p>
