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."
So this couldn't happen in a "red" state? That's not very good logic, son.
We used to toss cans of WD-40 into the campfire. They make a nice mushroom cloud fireball when they go off.
ping....
Fun with flames.....
I wonder why the tap didn't blow first and release the pressure?
Myth Busters once tested some pressurized gas containers (they shot them with rifles). Turns out that they rarely explode - instead they become rockets and bounce all over the place as the gas jets out.
I guess heating them is rather different.
This sounds like a job for the Mythbusters.;^)
Its less likely to happen in a red state. They wouldn't waste the beer and they really want the deposit back.
No one ever accused a bunch of people at a kegger of having good judgment. Case in point. Tragic.
She was going to make a pot for me.....
BdoubleEdoubleRUN
Just ping....
wow, way to twist this as anti-publik schooling. nice assumptions...
Didn't these fools read Burt Reynold's latest "man-law" that one shall not waste beer in an effort at humor?
Any Navy/Coastie guy knows that. it's one of the coolest videos in Basic, right up there with "Syntheltic Line Snapback"
Thank you Flounder
A true statistician ("LIAR") will count this as an alcohol-related death.
What a HORRIBLE WASTE of Beer.
Sheesh.
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