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Drinking And Dynamite Don't Mix
KOMO, Channel 4 ^ | May 26, 2006 | Staff

Posted on 05/27/2006 6:56:13 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

SEATTLE - Three men are in the hospital with serious injuries after a fireworks accident Thursday.

Investigators say the victims were part of a group of 10 or 12 construction workers having a barbeque at the KOA campground off Highway 12 in Lewis County.

One of the men came over to the campfire and showed off a powerful firework that was about 5 inches long and an inch thick. Another man tossed it into the fire, but it failed to light, so he reached in to the fire to retrieve it, police say.

A family member told KOMO 4 News another man tried to stop him from grabbing in, and in the process, the device went off.

Police say those two men lost their hand in the explosion, and suffered other head and facial injuries. They were both airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Both men were said to be in their early 40s.

A third man who was walking nearby was also suffered head injuries and possibly an eye fracture. He was taken to Centralia Providence Hospital.

Investigators believe the two men had been drinking.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: holdmahbeer; justdamn
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These guys know how to party.
1 posted on 05/27/2006 6:56:14 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

.."Investigators believe the two men had been drinking...."

Ya think???


2 posted on 05/27/2006 6:58:07 AM PDT by conservativehusker (GO BIG RED!!!!)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Hold mah beer bump.


3 posted on 05/27/2006 6:58:32 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Sounds like they had a blast.


4 posted on 05/27/2006 6:59:08 AM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

That's nothing. I know a couple of guys who were out drinking. The owner of the van had dynomite (early 80s). He stopped on a dirt road to take a leak and the drunk that was with him bit into one of the soft dynomite sticks thinking it was a burrito or something. It didn't blow up but it nearly killed him.


5 posted on 05/27/2006 7:00:24 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: atomicpossum

Let's give these partyboys a hand!!


6 posted on 05/27/2006 7:01:08 AM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: cripplecreek
... and the drunk that was with him bit into one of the soft dynomite sticks...

"Mamma mia, thatsa some spicy pepperoni!"

7 posted on 05/27/2006 7:03:22 AM PDT by Max in Utah (First step: Build The Wall.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
...those two men lost their hand...

Drinking and writing don't mix well either.

8 posted on 05/27/2006 7:03:35 AM PDT by FreePaul
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To: atomicpossum

"...those two men lost their hand in the explosion..."

I guess they won't be lighting off fireworks anymore!


9 posted on 05/27/2006 7:03:39 AM PDT by Quark606
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

He blowed up real good

10 posted on 05/27/2006 7:05:21 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: cripplecreek

11 posted on 05/27/2006 7:05:29 AM PDT by steveo (Fathers Against Rude Television: You may already be a member)
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To: americanstrategist

It's kinda of a partial Darwin effect.


12 posted on 05/27/2006 7:05:46 AM PDT by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Darwin Award runner ups possible here...
It blew up real good, huh?


13 posted on 05/27/2006 7:06:14 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

"C'mon, give these men a hand!"

14 posted on 05/27/2006 7:06:29 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I always wondered if M-500s were still being made somewhere.


15 posted on 05/27/2006 7:09:42 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

One time at a park, I told M. Jr. to watch and learn from some guys at a nearby camp. They had the grill going, but apparently it just wasn't blazing enough for them. Then came the Hold Mu Beer moment when they poured more lighter fluid on the flames. Idiots.


16 posted on 05/27/2006 7:10:08 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

How can you not read an article with that headline?


17 posted on 05/27/2006 7:11:27 AM PDT by gogeo (The /sarc tag is a form of training wheels for those unable to discern intellectual subtlety.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
suffered head injuries and possibly an eye fracture.

What's an eye fracture? Is his eye in a sling now?

18 posted on 05/27/2006 7:11:51 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

"another man tried to stop him from grabbing in"

Was this written by a high school kid?

Anyway, I feel sorry for the guy who tried to stop his friend from reaching his hand into the barbeque.


19 posted on 05/27/2006 7:11:58 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: cripplecreek

Dynamite cannot blow up by hitting it, biting into it etc. It takes a powerful blow, such as a blasting cap explosion to set it off. Swallowing it however won't do you much good because it is mainly nitro and sawdust.


20 posted on 05/27/2006 7:12:58 AM PDT by calex59 (No country can survive multiculturalism. Dual cultures don't mix, history has taught us that!)
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