Posted on 10/16/2013 6:03:53 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
An ill-advised attempt to break into a safe with a welding torch wound up costing two men their lives.
According to investigators in New Hampshire, the thieves were using a welding torch to crack open the safe when they accidentally set off fireworks stored inside.
Police say the two were trying to open up the four-foot-high, concrete-lined safe with an oxyacetylene torch at a landscaping shop when the explosion occurred.
WCVB reports the resulting explosion was so powerful that it blew the huge safe through the building, landing it outside.
Investigators don't believe the men knew there were fireworks inside the safe. Lucas Bourke and Ethan Keeler, both 21, were killed in the blast.
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Bet the owner of the safe gets sued.
LOL, Instant Karma!
Just add idiots!
good way to get rid of thieves.
karma
If the case can be made that the fireworks were actually a form of booby trap, he’ll go to prison. But I doubt it can.
And, frankly, a safe is the “safest” place you can put them. It is very responsible. Sometimes you can’t protect people from their own stupid acts.
So two aspiring Rhodes scholars lose their lives trying to test their welding skills. It’s just a damn shame. (snicker)
Someone should cue up Nelson Muntz.
This is obviously an OSHA violation.
Thieves have a civil right to be safe while pursuing their chosen occupation.
I’ll bet the problem is that these were professional grade fireworks and, while some fireworks are legal for individual purchase in NH, these sort probably require a license to use or even possess.
Sounds like they blowed up pretty good.
They were tossed “about sixteen feet in teh air” according to the video.
“Ha, you didn’t expect THAT now, did ya?!” -Sheogorath, from Skyrim.
Instant Karma’s gonna get you
Gonna knock you right in the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon your gonna be dead
Well I mean, how inconsiderate not to warn potential burglars that there were fireworks inside.
(That’s sarcasm, son)
LOL!
Karma’s a b!tch.
Is there surveillance footage? Would love to see that “BWA-WOOOM!!!”
You know, I’ll bet these two Einsteins would have thought such a warning was just a bogus sign to try to scare them away.
WOw, now the news is the Real Life version of the Coyote and Road Runner series.
Was the name of the Place, Acme landscaping and Fireworks? :)
Poor thieves can not safely torch a safe.
Boy! Talk about a hostile work place.
What is this country coming to.
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