The man responsible has turned himself into police
A man in New Hampshire managed to cause reports of an earthquake after setting off 80 pounds worth of explosives as part of a gender reveal party.
Police in Kingston, a town close to the Massachusetts border, were called to Torromeo quarry after receiving reports of a loud blast on Tuesday evening. At the quarry they found people who acknowledged holding a gender reveal party with explosives.
The family had lit 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of Tannerite at the location, according to the police. Local TV reported that the blast rocked some people’s homes and even caused some property damage.
UPDATE: Kingston police say approx. 80 pounds of Tannerite were used at that gender reveal party that caused a massive explosion that shook homes for miles. Man who detonated it has turned himself in to police and is cooperating. Police haven’t decided on charges. @UnionLeader
— Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) April 22, 2021
One nearby resident, Sara Taglieri, told the television station NBC 10 Boston, per the Guardian: “We heard this God-awful blast.
“It knocked pictures off our walls … I’m all up for silliness and whatnot, but that was extreme.”
Her husband said that their neighbours had suffered cracks in the foundations of their homes.
Luckily no injuries have been reported, but the man who bought and detonated the explosives has handed himself in to the police. He has not been identified.
And just in case you were wondering… it was a boy!
Gender reveal explosion at New Hampshire quarry rattles towns in 2 states https://t.co/0wA7TMxrX2 pic.twitter.com/7ZCubXZzd8
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) April 22, 2021
This just the latest in a trend of gender reveal parties becoming even more stupid and, worryingly, even more dangerous.
In March this year, two pilots were killed when their plane crashed whilst they were streaming a pink substance as part of a gender reveal. In 2020 a gender reveal party caused a fire in California that damaged more than 7,000 acres of land, and in April 2017 an off-duty US border patrol agent caused $8 million of damage to 47,000 acres of land after shooting a target full of blue-coloured explosive as a way of announcing his child’s gender.
