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mikepete777
11-24-2021, 05:36 PM
Saw this article as just another reminder of why the state will never pass decent fireworks law.





Target practice blamed for Middletown explosion



Emergency officials reported target practice in a farm field north of Middletown was the source of an explosion that could be heard across parts of New Castle County Sunday, November 21, 2021.

Calls to 911 started coming in shortly before noon reporting an explosion in the Summit Bridge Road corridor.

Volunteer Hose of Middletown firefighters and deputies from the Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office found that people had been doing target practice in a field about 500 yards west of Summit Bridge Road.

Fire officials said the group used a mixture referred to as a binary exploding rifle target and placed it next to an abandoned vehicle.

Using a long range rifle they detonated it, setting off the explosion heard across the area and spreading debris over nearly three acres of farm field according to the fire marshal's office.

Sources told WDEL News the mixture used is commercially known as Tannerite, and up to 100 lbs. of the product could have been used.

Tannerite Sports Outlet website recommends the following for usage: "Legal use of these targets is as a shot indicator ONLY. Do not mix over 2lb per shot."

The Delaware State Police's bomb disposal team was called to the scene and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is assisting with the investigation.

Officials said the individuals involved have been identified and charges are pending.

No one was hurt


http://https://www.wdel.com/news/target-practice-blamed-for-middletown-explosion/article_590b3630-4b92-11ec-b1ad-0be525db0d78.html (https://www.wdel.com/news/target-practice-blamed-for-middletown-explosion/article_590b3630-4b92-11ec-b1ad-0be525db0d78.html)

Rick_In_Tampa
12-22-2021, 06:58 AM
I lived in Dover Delaware for 9 years prior to being moved to Florida. I was a mission planner for the C-5 unit at Dover AFB. We once got a phone call from a pissed off resident who brilliantly bought a house right off the end of the runway. Her complaint was that the C-5's were so loud they would keep her awake at night. She asked us if we could get them to shut off their engines when they got close to the ground so they could just glide on in for a landing without waking everyone up. My boss asked her if she really wanted a 500K lb airplane gliding over her house, to which she replied, "Well, maybe not."

Definitely not the cream of the intellectual crop over there.