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Safe Fireworks

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Police said Lucas Bourke, 21, of Allenstown, and Ethan Keeler, 21, of Epsom, were killed in the explosion in a detached workshop at New Yard Landscaping on Farrington Corner Road in Hopkinton.

Investigators said the men were using an oxy-acetylene cutting torch to try to get into a safe that contained fireworks. That led to the explosion and the men's deaths, police said.

Police said they believe the two were at the workshop to carry out a burglary.

Investigators said the attempt to cut open the 4-foot-high, concrete-lined safe ignited the fireworks. The safe was blown through the building, landing outside -- proof of how powerful the blast was.

"Fireworks are made of pyrotechnic material, which burns very fast," said Deputy Chief Robert Farley of the state Fire Marshal's Office. "Any time you have pyrotechnics sealed in a container, when it burns, it creates very high pressure that burns very rapidly, and that's what caused the explosion."

Both men had recent brushes with the law, police said. Keeler was recently arrested on a felony charge of receiving stolen property.

Read more: http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/2-men-found-dead-after-explosion-at-hopkinton-company/-/9857858/22351678/-/q33sr5/-/index.html#ixzz2qYwMt3qB

Read more: http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/2-men-found-dead-after-explosion-at-hopkinton-company/-/9857858/22351678/-/q33sr5/-/index.html#ixzz2qYwEhSkv

Submitted on 01/16/2014

Submitted by: Henry T Hyzer
Reference: WMUR news website October 9, 2013

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Bruce said:
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Thanks, Henry, but we received this story a number of times back when the incident occurred. Please be sure to do as the submissions page requests and search the archives for duplicates before submitting a story, especially when it's a few months old like this one.


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
What Bruce said.


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