issues with Raphaël and removing objects within svg

if you open the code pen there is a fire button. it will launch a bunch of ellipses and then when it hits it will cause a burst. if you look the ellipses ,which there are two sets of, they are still there. I have tried using the below

d3.selectAll("ellipse").remove()
$("ellipse").remove()
$("ellipse").each(function(){this.remove()})

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the code pen above will help show what im talking about the second fire button to the far right is what ive been trying to use to kill the ellipses so I don't wait for the animation the functions at the very bottom.