Mmmmm, BEER!
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."
Ban Fires.
Mmmmm, BEER!
Authorities are attempting to determine if consumption of alcohol contributed to this accident.
This is nothing short of pure alcohol abuse !!!!
Ned lamont campaign rally?
I don't think l should be alone tonight.
Are you channeling John Kerry? ;-)
Damned Prohibitionists!!
I thought you were Flounder:)
Indeed. He died abusing alcohol.
It was only 3 dates.
Texans have a safety rule for such actions that radically lowers the danger of carnage. Immediately proceeding any idiotic act, a Texan will always exclaim, "Hey, Y'all watch this!"
This is a signal for everyone within 100 feet to dive for cover. Yankees would do well to use this warning before any such future endeavors.
I wondered that too. The warning on the top of a keg I have says it will rupture above 60 psi. Maybe the temperature rise and pressure increased too fast and the thing just failed.
"We used to toss cans of WD-40 into the campfire. They make a nice mushroom cloud fireball when they go off".
Boyle's Law meets Darwin's theory......
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One of my wife's asthma inhalers once inadvertently wound up in the fireplace. It took off like a mortar. I thank God no one was in front of the fireplace when it punched a hole through the screen and smacked the opposite wall.
Are you guys familiar with those small CO2 ampules used in pellet rifles? On a camping trip back in the Spring of 1984, we'd built a huge bonfire. It must've been ten feet in diameter, with flames five or six feet high.
My cousin noticed the "DO NOT INCINERATE" warning on the box, and I took the dare. I tossed one of those into the heart of that fire and we both dove for cover behind nearby trees. About five seconds after landing in the embers, the ampule ruptured with a deafening report.
All that carbon dioxide also snuffed the fire out in an instant, like flicking a switch. All that remained was a fountain of ash and glowing embers, which rained back down on us, starting little fires which we spent fifteen minutes extinguishing. We also laughed ourselves weak.
We'd been drinking beer, too - but we were still smart enough to pull that stunt only when we were the only people around, AND could find sufficient cover.
No kiddin.
I must have lost my sense of humor over time, there is a dead person and a whole bunch of injured people because one person was careless or stupid. What a hoot. < /sarcasm>
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