Using explosive requires the utmost attention to detail.
Any error can be fatal.
If you are new to using explosives, doing it under stress is not a good idea.
I think this proves the point.
Smarter thieves take the entire machine to someplace private where they can break in to the machine at their leisure.
Well, they should be able to ID that looter and trace him to all of his associates up to the crime boss.
Wind blowing up a metal object shrapnel itself from the item can be dangerous