News Report: Bedroom fireworks turned deadly

"A 49-year-old woman has died and her 25-year-old son was also burned during a Fourth of July fireworks accident, according to [Florida] Auburndale police".

A family get-together was going on at the home with a number of people attending.

Police said Kathryn Flint, 49, went inside the home to ready multiple large fireworks, or mortars, that had previously been placed on top of a bed in a bedroom, and was going to take them outside to set them off.

At about 8:40 p.m., while she was inside the bedroom with two dogs also present, there was an apparent accidental ignition of at least one mortar, police said.

When the mortar exploded, it set off others inside the bedroom, resulting in the ignition of multiple other mortars. (read more)

The story called to mind a scene from one of my all time favorites. A little background... she is pregnant and was told by her doctor, in an earlier scene, not to smoke.

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shelleyn411 • 17 minutes ago

Who stores fireworks in a bedroom? I now see why most states ban the personal sale/use of these things since you would have to administer an IQ test first.