
Tannerite is explosive and usually sold in a kit form for firearms practice. Evan Thomas Silva, 26, from Hartland, Michigan, got caught in the blast at the gender reveal party. The man responsible for the explosive gender reveal party has been charged with disorderly conduct.Īnthony Spinelli, of Kingston, told police that they were at the quarry because they felt it was a safe location to detonate the Tannerite, according to a press release. A man has died after he sustained fatal injuries when a cannon exploded at a gender reveal party. Chris Sununu, who quipped during an exclusive Shark Morning Show interview, "Ugh, this is just the kind of thing you'd expect to see in Florida, not New Hampshire". I think that my favorite quote on this whole situation was put forth by our own Gov. A man who turned himself in for a New Hampshire gender reveal party that triggered an explosion has been charged with disorderly conduct, police confirmed this week. The gender reveal incident echoes a similar gender reveal mishap in Arizona that sparked the Sawmill Fire, which damaged more than 45,000 acres and caused 8 million in damage in April.

You can get the vibe from the report that its author feels much safer in the original Hampshire, and doesn't intend on visiting the 'New' one anytime soon. At about 4:03 p.m., police responded to a report that a woman, later. I have spent the past ten minutes reading this Daily Mail report using my trademark horrible British accent. DES MOINES Police said a gender reveal announcement that resulted in an explosion left one Iowa woman dead Saturday. Over this past weekend, audio was released from the 911 calls that came in from residents that heard the tremendous blast and, judging from their tone of voice, you can easily confirm that they are authentic.Īfter a quick search online, I was shocked that this story has made it all the way across the pond! The good news was felt for miles around with people for a 20 mile radius reporting they heard the explosion. The resulting explosion rocked the surrounding neighborhood and could be heard in excess of 10 miles away. A loud explosion on Tuesday night originated at the Torromeo Industries quarry in Kingston was part of a gender reveal party around 7 p.m. As the Internet reels from the revelation that one of the California wildfires was apparently started using pyrotechnics at a gender reveal party for expecting parents, video has resurfaced showing the pyrotechnics that led to a similar fire in Arizona in 2017. In September 2020, a “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device” intended for a gender reveal ignited a wildfire in Southern California, burning down acres of land.This ground-shaking explosion was due to a very ambitious attempt at a gender reveal party that was orchestrated to create a giant blue cloud of chalk signifying that 'It's A Boy!' While no one was injured this time around, the social media phenomenon has been known to have gone dangerously awry in the past, leading to deadly incidents and even wildfires.Īs recently as February, an expectant father in New York died after an explosive prop being built for a gender reveal party accidentally detonated. - A man has pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from an explosive gender reveal party that was heard by nearby residents in New. But the long-term effects of gender reveal parties can be even more damaging. It wasn’t immediately known if Mr Spinelli had legal representation to speak on his behalf. The parties may seem like harmless fun, apart from the occasional forest fire and explosion. She added: “It knocked pictures off our walls … I’m all up for silliness and what not, but that was extreme.”ĬBS Boston reported that officials found there had been no property damage caused by the incident.

“We heard this god-awful blast,” Sara Taglieri, who lives in a home near the quarry, previously told NBC10 Boston. 22, 2021 A man who was expecting his first child was killed on Sunday and his brother was injured when a device they were preparing for a gender-reveal party exploded in a garage in the. A man has been charged for detonating 80 pounds of explosives at a New Hampshire gender reveal party that triggered an explosion, police say The charges were filed after a grand jury heard 34. The family purportedly said they thought the quarry would be the safest place to blow up the explosive.Īuthorities allege that Mr Spinelli "caused public alarm” with the antics, with nearby residents having reported rattling and even alleging property damage due to the nearby explosion. Around 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of Tannerite, an explosive sold over the counter for firearms practice, had been detonated, police said.
