Woman critical after firework-like device explodes
Posted: Monday, February 07, 2005
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A 27-year-old woman was hospitalized after an explosion in a southeast Omaha apartment.
Police Officer Chris LeGrow said a commercial pyrotechnic device "similar to what is used at a fireworks show" detonated in the living room of the apartment about 3 a.m. Saturday.
Machala Quinones was taken to a hospital and was listed in critical condition. Debra Resendiz, 47, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released.
The explosion blew out a first-floor window in the two-story wood frame residence. The building contains two apartments.
Resendiz, who lives at the apartment where the explosion occurred, said she was playing cards with some friends when Quinones stopped by carrying a box with the fireworks.
"She said she had some kind of fireworks," Resendiz said. "She was showing it off, and the next thing that I knew, it exploded. My ears are still ringing."
Resendiz said Quinones was smoking a cigarette, but she didn't know if that set off the device.
Police Officer Chris LeGrow said a commercial pyrotechnic device "similar to what is used at a fireworks show" detonated in the living room of the apartment about 3 a.m. Saturday.
Machala Quinones was taken to a hospital and was listed in critical condition. Debra Resendiz, 47, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released.
The explosion blew out a first-floor window in the two-story wood frame residence. The building contains two apartments.
Resendiz, who lives at the apartment where the explosion occurred, said she was playing cards with some friends when Quinones stopped by carrying a box with the fireworks.
"She said she had some kind of fireworks," Resendiz said. "She was showing it off, and the next thing that I knew, it exploded. My ears are still ringing."
Resendiz said Quinones was smoking a cigarette, but she didn't know if that set off the device.
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