Things That Go Boom in the Night
One evening, after allegedly drinking 10 beers, Steven Glenn, 38, of Plainfield, Ill., thought it would be a good idea to light a 10-inch commercial fireworks shell he had in his house. He set it up and lit it — in his living room. “The whole house is pretty much, from the concussion of the explosion and the fire and the smoke, totaled,” said Plainfield Fire Chief John Eichelberger. Glenn was treated and released; his girlfriend Shauna Adams, 33, was hospitalized in fair condition. The house was a rental. (Chicago Tribune) ...With emphasis on the “was.”
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