Hand grenade explodes inside car in Salem, Massachusetts (one person injured)

[Ian David]

SALEM, Mass. -- A car has exploded in Salem and is being blamed on a hand grenade going off inside the vehicle, officials said.

Neighbors in the area said the explosion shook their walls.

No one was hurt in the incident.

One person, who was burned however, is being transported to hospital, but no word on their condition.


The talking lizard says this isn't covered on your insurance.

More:
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO44746 /

[Little Wing]

1. I'd investigate the local Taco Bell first.

[slackmaster]

2. Were any potatoes harmed in the incident?

:nuke:

[AndyA]

3. Are hand grenades legal now? Since assault weapons are OK, it's not much

of a stretch to envision hand grenades being legal as well. People need them for protection.

Or, for hunting. If they can't hit that Deer with a gun, they'll blow it up!

:sarcasm:

[Ian David]

6. You can use hand grenades for getting rid of ground hogs

Not to mention for catching fish.

[Solo_in_MD]

9. Assualt weapons have not been legal since the 30s...but then you knew that

[MnFats]

4. no one was hurt....but one person taken to hospital with burns???

apparently if you get burned....it's not an injury and it doesn't hurt.

maybe they need an editor at whdh.

[Ian David]

7. They're a TV station. Their job is to get moving pictures for the tee-vee.

Words are for geeks and nerds.

[Solo_in_MD]

10. A GI handgrenade would have destroyed the car, so indeed the story sounds suspicious

[mike_c]

5. I hate it when that happens....

:nuke:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. I'm a little bit skeptical ...

That looks like a lot of damage to the vehicle and the building next to it. I don't remember grenades having that much explosive force, just enough to send little metal fragments everywhere. I'm guessing something stronger blew up that vehicle. (I call it a vehicle, because I can't tell from the wreckage if it's a car or truck)

[Ian David]

11. Update: WHDH now says Salem, NH and not MA

Man injured in car explosion

SALEM, N.H. -- A car exploded in Salem, sending one person to the hospital.

The blast happened Thursday morning in a mobile home park.

A man got in his car, and when he smelled gas, he got out.

The vehicle then exploded.

Two, mobile homes were damaged, and the man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

More:
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO44792/

So, when I posted Salem, NH the first time... it was probably WHDH that had it wrong?

Or had it right, got it wrong... and corrected it?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. That makes more sense - gasoline

There would be enough energy in a good gas/air mix to cause that kind of damage.

If it was gas, I'd bet the "moron" got out, then slammed the door, causing a spark that ignited it, and also containing the explosion so it would do the most damage. If he just got out and left the door open, nothing would have happened. Even if it ignited somehow, the force would have just been a big "whoosh" out the open door, no bent metal.

again, just guessing.

[Ian David]

13. WHDH completely mis-reported this story

WHDH mis-reported the explosion as taking place in Salem, Mass instead of Salem, NH.
They also claimed the explosion was caused by a grenade.
Looks like it was a plumber's acetylene tank.
WHDH-- YOUR BAD!


See here:

Salem, N.H., explosion destroys car, damages homes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=116x14216

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. "Grenade" makes for a better "story"

and might get a lot of interviews with BATFE, FBI, DHS.

But a plumber with acetylene? Nothing to report here.

[Ian David]

15. I think it was his Uranium Pew 36 Space Modulator. n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. NOW we're talkin' JOURNALISM!

Get THAT story on the wire, pronto!

Geraldo, step aside. IanDB1 is takin' over!

:rofl: