According to Fox News.com, authorities say two
brothers accidentally blew up their house after celebrating a $75,000 winning
lottery ticket by purchasing marijuana and meth.
Wichita
police Sgt. Bruce Watts said one of the brothers was taken to a hospital and
the other to jail after Friday's explosion. The Wichita Eagle reported that the
injured 27-year-old brother is in serious but stable condition with
second-degree burns on his hands, arms and chest.
Watts said the explosion happened after one
of the brothers went to the kitchen to refuel the butane torches they planned
to use to light their bongs. The brother emptied a couple large cans of butane
lighter fluid, leaking butane into the air.
Eventually, butane vapor reached the pilot light in the furnace, causing the
blast.
"The butane vapor reached the pilot light in the furnace, and as you
might expect, ka-boom," Watts told the
newspaper.
The injured brother was wearing a lottery T-shirt during the explosion. His
girlfriend reportedly loaded him and some children into a car and drove him to
the emergency room of a nearby hospital, where she dropped him off and left, according
to the newspaper.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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