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Explosive balloon blows up car

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Explosive balloon blows up car, injures partiers

DENVER : 2/6/2006 10:45 PM MST

The couple was planning a home-made fireworks display when a gas filled balloon exploded in the car. Feb. 5, 2006.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY - A couple planning their own Super Bowl pyrotechnics display blew up their car and injured themselves Sunday.

The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office received several calls around 11:45 a.m. reporting, what witnesses said was a car accident or an explosion. The incident happened behind Old Duggan's Fuel Station on the 4500 block of South Santa Fe. The responding deputy found a car with it windows blown out, doors bent toward the outside and its roof pushed up a foot higher than normal, according to the sheriff's office. Officials traced the car's owner to an address in Sheridan. Officials responding to the home found two people at the residence with shrapnel wounds and ear damage. The two told Sheridan Police officers that a balloon filled with acetylene exploded in the back seat of the car. Acetylene is a highly flammable gas used in welding. The two people filled the balloon with the gas in hopes of blowing it up at a Super Bowl party. The balloon exploded after rolling across the car's backseat. They told police a passing driver gave them a ride home. One of the people in the car has been identified as 46 Norman Frey. Police are investigating the incident and charges are likely, according to the sheriff's office.

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