HOPKINTON, NH (CBS) – Two men who allegedly broke into a Hopkinton, New Hampshire business on Tuesday morning were killed in a massive explosion, officials said.
The State Fire Marshal says that the men, identified as Lucas Bourke, 21, of Allenstown and Ethan Keeler, 21, of Epsom, were using an oxy-acetylene blow torch to try and cut into a large safe inside a workshop at New Yard Landscaping on Farrington Corner Road.
That safe contained a large amount of commercial-grade fireworks, which exploded.
via Two Suspected Burglars Killed When Blow Torch Ignites Fireworks In Safe « CBS Boston.
Sorry, I know it is not very Christian of me, but I can’t help but laugh.
Darwin, you merciless bastard. 🙂
Christian like or not, it IS funny! Immediate justice. With a bang.
They were probably using the landscaper’s welding rig to open the safe. I doubt they were bright enough or organized enough to bring their own. Instead they created New Hampshire’s biggest pipe bomb. I am glad no innocents were hurt.
Cleansing the gene pool. Good stuff!
Automatic jump to the head of the Darwin Awards list.
Heck, God’s got a sense of humor, too….look at the platypus! And politicians! Although, now that I think about it, the latter may be more along the lines of Satan’s joking around…
Another tragic case of Victim Selection Process Failure.
Somewhere, Darwin is facepalming seeing great examples of his theory while God is grinning like an idiot.
Free Will can be a bitch eh?