Posted on 09/09/2018 7:52:05 AM PDT by mandaladon
A Connecticut woman suffered serious injuries Thursday night after she mistakenly lit a stick of dynamite thinking it was a candle during a power outage. Authorities said the 30-year-old mother of two got involved in the “tragic accident” when her family’s Bridgeport home lost power during a thunderstorm Thursday night and she “attempted to light” what she believed were candles in the basement left behind by the previous residents, CBS Boston reported.
The family attempted to purchase emergency lighting at a Home Depot store, but discovered the store had closed. Out of desperation, they decided to rummage through their basement to find candles that would provide light.
But when the woman lit one of the “candles,” she accidentally ignited a quarter stick of dynamite and caused it to explode in her hand.
“She attempted to light one of what she thought was the candle and turned out to be a quarter stick of dynamite,” police said.
Authorities say the woman suffered severe injuries to her hand and face and could lose several fingers as a result of her injuries.
All family members were home at the time of the incident, but no other injuries had been reported. WABC reported that the force of the explosion was strong enough to blow out one of the windows inside the home.
Bridgeport Fire Department officials and Connecticut State Police searched the home for other explosives and removed another dynamite device. State police officers later disposed of the device.
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Note to self: Store dynamite AWAY from the box of candles.
A couple of other postings if anyone cares to scan thru them
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3685680/posts
Connecticut woman blows off fingers after mistaking dynamite for candle ^
Woman Hospitalized After Lighting Dynamite Rather Than Candle (Not Florida - this time) ^
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3685722/posts
Some detective work is warrented here.
Blond?
Or always bring a flashlight to the candle drawer.
Yeah, THAT is illegal.
M80, made in Mexico or China.
Today’s winner of the Darwin award.
1/4 stick of dynamite? She’d be dead.
This sounds like an industrial firework.
Do not post what you were thinking please.
Gadzooks Imp, Big-- Didn't one of ya'll once date an old, one armed gal... 
from Connecticut?
Now that, right there, was potentially a truly great Darwin Award in the making...alas, no such luck.
An M80 is not a quarter stick of dynamite, nor would anyone with a brain every confuse a firecracker with a fuse coming out of the side with a freakin’ candle.
Here’s what a quarter stick looks like, just as the article said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_stick
Darwin award.
“quarter stick” firecrackers do not contain nitroglycerin as dynamite does, and have far less explosive power.
-wikipedia
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