Teenager Charged After Throwing Gas on a Bonfire, Triggering Explosion That Burned 17

Teenager Charged After Throwing Gas on a Bonfire, Triggering Explosion That Burned 17
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The Associated Press
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SHAWANO, Wis.—A Wisconsin teenager has been charged with triggering a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people.

Prosecutors in northeastern Wisconsin’s Shawano County charged Sam Armstrong, 18, on Thursday with 13 counts of injury by negligent handling of explosives or fire in connection with the Oct. 14 explosion outside the community of Pulaski, WLUK-TV reported.