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Posted on 10/23/2006 11:11:14 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
NEW MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - Investigators were trying to determine who tossed a beer keg into a burning barrel at a party, causing a deadly explosion that sent metal shards slicing through a crowd of people, police said.
The explosion early Sunday killed Sean Caselli, 22, of New Milford. Seven other people were taken to hospitals with burns and shrapnel wounds, police said. Caselli was struck in the neck by a piece of flying metal.
Police Sgt. Lee Grabner said investigators interviewed witnesses Sunday to try to identify the person who threw a quarter-keg of beer into the flames, and to determine whether criminal charges should be filed.
Fires had been set in several barrels to keep people warm at the outdoor party in western Connecticut, said Police Captain Michael Mrazik.
"This is a certain tragedy," said Police Chief Colin McCormack. "However, nothing I have been apprised of to this point in this investigation, which I caution is at the very early states, indicates a deliberate act on anyone's part."
In lieu of my last, I was gonna type "Wait till Otis sees us! He loves us!"
I screwed up in a trivia game a while back attributing a song to "Otis Day & The Knights", and got credit from my fellow players because everyone agreed that's who did it, even though the card had the "wrong" name.
Hey, I like MGD!
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When I was younger and pop still came in 500 ml bottles with metal caps, I once put one, mostly filled with water and capped tightly, into a fire. Took a while for the water to get to boiling, but eventually it blew, quite spectacularly. Burning embers could be seen 100 yards up and down the beach in either direction. I was actually standing over the fire poking the bottle with a stick when it blew. I don't know how neither my friend or I ended up with a shard of glass in an eye. Actually, I never could find even the tiniest trace of the bottle afterwards.
Connecticut ping!
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I don't know why I clicked on this thread, but FReepers have a great sense of humor.
I have an uncle who, he swears he was sober, tossed a #10 can of some food product into his burning barrel along with a bunch of other stuff from the cellar he had cleaned out and went back inside.
Upon hearing the explosion he went outside and began gathering up what was left of his old rusty burning barrel.
>Only by the grace of God did I survive such keg fueled nonsense back in the day.
Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen !
>We used to do this with empty hairspray cans with a volume of 16 oz. I can only imagine what an 11 gallon container would do, but it would be nasty.
On a camping trip, some idiot threw .22 caliber shells into the campfire; thank God no one was hit, but it was scary.
Cheers!
I lost rear window in car to one of these rockets. I found can 50 yards down the parking lot. I thank G-d no one was around when can went airborne. BTW it was middle summer , car was sitting in sun. Last time left anything pressurized in car.
All the rest are lousy draft dodgers.
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