now underway in the thanish city of valencia. revellers marking the start of spring with the annual festival of fire, it's a five day shindig vivid displays and stunning pyrotechnics, spectacular. amy kellogg has the story. >> reporter: this festival all goes up in flames but it doesn't end in tears. as the artists have designed the fire monument behind me, they embrace the flames. the whole city doesn't go up in flames when hundreds of these monuments are burned. on monday night is there are some very good firemen who will manage the scene. this was the year's top category winning fire that cost $527,000 to construct. it's about 60 feet high and had a small army of artists working on it for the better part of the year. you can see there is a lot going