OK Tannerite Explosion Kills 8-Year-Old

By Robert Farago

“A Sequoyah County man was arrested Monday after his eight-year-old cousin was killed in an explosion over the weekend,” 5newsonline.com reports. “Brandon Martin, 22, faces a manslaughter charge after Sheriff Ron Lockhart said he fired a high-powered rifle at an outdoor stove full of the explosive material Tannerite in Liberty, Okla. The stove exploded and critically injured Jonathan Phelan, 8, who was struck by flying shrapnel. That boy died early Monday morning after being taken to a Tulsa hospital by a medical helicopter.” Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Now what? Well . . …read more

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