'Super firework could have killed me': Horrified man lucky to be alive after metal-encased industrial strength 'missile' blasts hole through flat wall Danny Cooke was in his office when he heard the loud bang and the 'missile' tore through his seafront apartment in Devon Rocket blasted through French windows and kitchen wall before ending up lodged in the bathroom wall Police investigating if the commercial firework was launched intentionally Detectives have taken the aluminum encased projectile to labs for testing Danny Cooke had a lucky escape when an industrial firework tore through the window of his Paignton flat A filmmaker had a lucky escape when a 'super firework' tore through the his window before blasting through his kitchen wall. Danny Cooke was sitting in his third-floor home when the monster rocket smashed through his double-glazed French windows yesterday. The 'large ballistic missile', which was encased in aluminum, left a two-inch hole in the glass and continued to fly across the 28-year-old's living room. Its path of destruction then propelled the firework through the wall separating his kitchen and bathroom, tearing a hole and leaving broken tiles strewn across the floor. The filmmaker emerged from his office, which is towards the back of his seafront flat, to find the room full of smoke and the still-flaming projectile lodged in his shower near the toilet. Detectives and firefighters investigating the Bonfire Night incident believe the firework was a commercial rocket, which are only suitable for public displays. A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: 'It must have been very frightening for the owner of the flat. 'We haven't found anyone responsible yet. At this stage we don't know if the incident was intentional or accidental but that is the basis for our investigation.' Mr Cooke, of Paignton, Devon, said he was cooking a meal when the rocket came crashing through his window at 7.15pm. He said: 'It was such a shock. I heard a large crash. It had come through the window and the curtain, and lodged in the kitchen wall. The powerful rocket, which was encased in aluminum, flew through the 28-year-old filmmaker's living room before tearing through another wall, between the kitchen and bathroom The 'super firework' left a two-inch hole in the double-glazed French windows before leaving this hole in the kitchen wall There was a two inch hole in the window and the rest of the glass had shattered. 'I went out but I couldn't see anybody and there was no display going on nearby, just a few joggers. It could have killed me. Because of the angle it was fired at it could have killed me or my girlfriend had we been playing on the piano or eating dinner Filmmaker Danny Cooke He said he suspects the culprits could have launched the firework from a homemade bazooka. 'I've never seen a firework with so much force before,' he added. It smashed through a set of double-glazed French windows and tore a hole through the curtains. 'It's then travelled around 10 metres across the length of my flat before leaving a huge hole in the wall between the kitchen and bathroom. It was like a bazooka. I think the people who fired it may have modified an industrial firework to use it almost like a weapon. The rocket, which police believe was a commerical firework, suitable for public displays, finally ended up lodged in the bathroom, pulling tiles from the wall Because of the angle it was fired at it could have killed me or my girlfriend had we been playing on the piano or eating dinner. Police and firefighters said they had never seen anything like it and that we were very lucky to not have been harmed by it. It was such a loud bang and it blew a lot of the tiles off the wall. Devon and Cornwall Police have taken the projectile away for further examination and officers are also combing CCTV footage of the area. Mr Cooke, said: 'It was such a loud bang. It could have killed me Sgt Miranda Dalton said: 'We are very concerned and we are treating this very seriously. It would have sounded like a bomb. It is not a normal sort of firework. Together with fire investigators we are now looking at whether it is a commercial firework or something similar. There were no firework parties in the area and nothing going on at sea. It might have been fired from a car. Firefighters said the firework was much more powerful than any they had previously seen. Paignton fire station manager Alan Gilson said: 'I've never seen anything like it, to be perfectly honest. 'The amount of force behind it means it was still rising after it went through the third-floor flat's plate glass patio window with so much force it was still travelling upwards, and then went through the walls. 'It's incredible nobody was hurt. I am not an expert on pyrotechnics, but it was definitely not your normal firework. A conventional firework could not have caused that sort of damage. If the guys in the flat had been sitting in a different place it could have been a very different story. It had a small tubular section with an aluminium body which was 2.5 inches long by 1.5 inches across. The main body of it was left embedded in a wall and has been taken away by police. It is now in the hands of the police because of the potential for harm. Despite the incident, Mr Cooke, who was working in his office at the time, believes it was a random attack. The blast caused significant damage to the double-glazed window, which along with the curtains and bathroom and kitchen tiles, will need to be replaced. He said: 'I don't think it could have been a personal attack as not many people know I live here and I've never had any incidents before. I'm just really thankful no one was hurt.' The firework caused damage throughout Mr Cooke's seafront flat, smashing the french windows, leaving a hole in the kitchen wall and tearing tiles from the wall in the bathroom The Belvedere apartments in Paignton, Devon, where Mr Cooke lives. Sgt Miranda Dalton from Devon and Cornwall Police, said: 'We are treating this very seriously. It would have sounded like a bomb