Playground Slide Explodes, Burning 9-Year-Old Boy’s Leg

Playground Slide Explodes, Burning 9-Year-Old Boy’s Leg
Ambulance waits outside a hospital.Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A plastic playground slide in Wisconsin bubbled and “exploded,” injuring a 9-year-old boy, local reports said.

Giuseppe Storniolo, 9, was at the Reservoir Park in West Allis when the incident took place. People said they heard a loud bang.

“I just heard like a big explosion so I thought maybe something fell,” Storniolo’s mother, Diana, told WTMJ.

She ran over and saw a warped slide and her injured son.

(Screenshot/WTMJ Facebook Page)
Screenshot/WTMJ Facebook Page
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter who covers a range of topics, including politics, U.S., and health news. A father of two, Jack grew up in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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