A gender reveals party has gone disastrously wrong this week after the revelers set off a large explosion.

According to CBS News 4 Boston, the explosion in question took place between New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts at approximately 7:00PM on Tuesday evening.

Police in Kingston, a town on the Massachusetts border nearby the site of the explosion responded to reports of the explosion from concerned citizens.

The investigators traced the explosion to a nearby abandoned quarry, where they discovered a number of people gathered there who revealed that they had been throwing a gender reveal party.

It was then discovered that the partiers had detonated more than 80 pounds of Tannerite - an explosive sold over the counter at most American gun stores.

Per NBC News, the explosion was so immense that it rocked two towns on either side of the state border, leading to reports of an Earthquake, police say. But per NBC's meteorologists, no earthquakes reported around that time.

"It was earth-shaking," one local told NBC.

In an official statement, a police spokesperson stated:

"A Kingston Police Detective met with individuals that were on site, who cooperated with the detective and informed him that they were having a gender reveal party.

"During the investigation, the detective was informed that the location, a quarry, was chosen as they felt it was a safe location to detonate the Tannerite."

Luckily, no one was hurt as a result of the incident, but per CBS News, a number of local Kingston residents reported property damage.

For instance, one local resident, a woman named Sara Taglieri, later told CBS in an interview: "A gender reveal that was heard not only throughout neighborhoods but throughout many, many towns."

Taglieri added: "I’m not upset because I have chalk or confetti blown in my way, I mean it was an explosion that rocked my house, my neighbors, my community, and my town. Just absolutely over the top, ridiculous.

"I do think that they should be held responsible for that and I do think Torromeo should as the property owner that allowed this should also be held accountable."

One of the men involved in the detonation has since turned himself into the police. He is said to have been cooperative with the police thus far, and investigators are still determining which charges to file.

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All right, couples, I know you're excited about having babies, but maybe you should hold back on the gender reveal parties. They're getting a little out of control. At first, you were revealing the gender with frosted cupcakes and helium balloons. Now you're using live alligators chomping on Jell-O filled watermelons. And one Arizona man's gender reveal party went so wrong, he accidentally ignited a 47,000 acre wildfire.

The party occurred on April 23, 2017. Dennis Dickey, a 37-year-old border patrol agent, threw the event in the Coronado National Forest. The plan was to fire his rifle at a target, which would explode with pink or blue powder. It sounds like pretty awesome way to reveal your baby's gender. (No offense, frosted cupcakes and helium balloons.)

However, the proud father-to-be also added Tannerite to the mix. Tannerite is a mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder that bursts into vapor with a loud noise when hit with a bullet. To use a technical term, it makes things more explodey. The substance is legal, but when Dickey blasted the target, sparks flew into the dry brush nearby. This started the devastating Sawmill fire.

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According to court documents, Dickey "immediately reported the fire to law enforcement, cooperated, and admitted that he started the fire." But despite his effort to fight the flames, the scorching inferno could not be controlled. The Sawmill fire burned for almost two weeks, fueled by the perfect combination of parched grassland and powerful winds.

Luckily, the blaze didn't destroy any buildings, but dozens of residents were forced from their homes. It took 800 firefighters to extinguish the flames, which caused $8 million in damages. $8,188,069, to be exact. (Most expensive gender reveal party ever.)

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Last Friday, Dickey pleaded guilty to starting the massive wildfire. "It was a complete accident," he told the judge. "I feel absolutely horrible about it. It was probably one of the worst days of my life." (And it was supposed to be one of his happiest.)

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According to the US Justice department, he will pay $220,000 in restitution; an initial payment of $100,000, followed by a payment of $500 a month for the next 20 years. Dickey's attorney, Sean Chapman, stated he will borrow money from his retirement fund to make the payments. In addition, the 37-year-old is sentenced to five years of probation, and will take part in a public service announcement for the Forest Service. (I hope Smokey The Bear says, "Only you can prevent gender reveal parties.)

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And after all this, Dickey has not released the gender his baby. You know what means - time to throw another gender reveal party! Just kidding. Maybe Twitter user @jordanrubiks said it best: "a gender reveal party where its just you and your partner in a doctors office and you ask your doctor what the gender of your baby is and then they tell you and then you go home."

A father-to-be has been killed after a gender reveal device exploded ahead of a baby shower.

According to New York State Police, Christopher Pekny, 28, was working on the device that was to be used for his child's gender reveal and bay shower on Sunday (February 21) when it suddenly exploded.

Pekny was killed by the blast and his 27-year-old brother Michael Pekny was injured and subsequently treated at the Garnet Medical Center in Middletown, according to police.

The loss of Christopher was mourned by The Robin Hood diner in Livingston Manor, which has been owned and operated by the Pekny family since the 1980s, in a statement.

The family wrote on Facebook: "We are deeply saddened and must inform you all of the loss of our dear and beloved Christopher.

"We appreciate the overwhelming display of love and support that you all have shown."

The New York Post reports that the incident remains under investigation.

However, this is far from the first time that a gender reveal has ended in tragedy.

Last summer, for example, a gender reveal party in California sparked a that's grown to 7,000 acres.

In a press release posted to Instagram, the El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino County confirmed that the fire was started by a "smoke generating pyrotechnic device" used during a gender reveal party.

"Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party. The fire began at 10:23 am on September 5, 2020 in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa. The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa." The statement reads.

The Cal Fire incident website revealed that the fire spread to cover 7,050 acres.

According to the site, more than 500 personnel were deployed to the scene of the blaze, including four helicopters and 60 engines.

A video that shows plumes of smoke billowing out of trees was tweeted by the Lieutenant of the Emergency Operations Division at San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

"Fire is now 7050 acres with 5% containment. Still encroaching on the Oak Glen area & eastern Yucaipa. Evacuation orders extended to everything East of Bryant down to Yucaipa Blvd. Multiple SBSD Stations sending personnel to assist with evacuations," a following tweet read

What's the most damage you've ever caused at a party? I don't want to sound like someone from the Rolling Stones, but I feel like I've managed to trash a fair few properties while in a drunken state over the years. I once woke up after a night of heavy boozing to find that my living room wall had holes in it, as a result of someone taking a hockey stick to the plaster. On another occasion, somebody at a party I was at managed to (somehow) leave scorch marks all over their carpet. We never found out where those came from.

However, last year Border Patrol agent Dennis Dickey inadvertently managed to start a 47,000-acre wildfire in the state of Arizona, as a result of him throwing a gender-reveal party for his new baby. Ordinarily, you'd expect a new dad to gather a few friends round at the house, have a few drinks, maybe even a game of Twister. However, Dickey made the unconventional decision to detonate a target containing tannerite by shooting at it ... in a field of dry grass. Yeah; if you can't imagine what happened next then you're probably just as clueless as he is.

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The US Forest Service has now released a video of the accident, which is currently circulating on social media.  Shot on April 23, 2017, the footage shows a target with "Girl"  and "Boy" written on it. There is then a loud gunshot, and then the target explodes in a cloud of blue smoke which immediately ignites the surrounding bushland. The flames from this intense explosion then spread to the nearby Coronado National Forest, where they became the Sawmill Fire.

The Sawmill Fire ultimately ended up causing $8,200,000 in damage and took 800 firefighters a week to get under control. Luckily, nobody was hurt or injured, and nobody's home was destroyed. In federal court, Dickey pled guilty to charges of causing a fire without a permit, and was sentenced to pay $220,000 in restitution. He will begin by paying $100,000, and then $500 a month for the next 20 years. He has also agreed to appear in a public service announcement to ensure that nothing like this occurs in future.

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Sadly, the wildfires in California have been far more devastating this year, and have caused untold damage to a number of properties in the state; destroying lives and livelihoods in the process. According to figures provided by the  California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2018's season is now officially the most destructive on record, with over 7,000 fires having so far been recorded over an area of approximately 1,667,855 acres. It's now been estimated that the wildfires have caused $2.9 billion in damages.

A gender reveal announcement in Iowa resulted in an explosion that left one woman dead over the weekend, authorities say.

According to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff's Office, at around 4:03 pm on Saturday, police responded to a report that a woman in her fifties had been severely injured in an explosion in rural Knoxville, which is about 40 miles southeast of Des Moines.

When officers arrived at the scene of the explosion, the 56-year-old woman - whose name has not been released - was pronounced dead.

Find out more about the tragic incident in the news report below:

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CNN reports that the ensuing investigation found a gender reveal announcement resulted in the explosion. As a result of the incident, the woman was struck by a flying piece of debris, according to the press release.

The press release reads: "The Marion County Sheriff's office received a 911 call of an explosion. A gender reveal announcement resulted in the explosion which caused a flying piece of debris to strike the victim." It is not yet clear what exactly exploded and how.

It did not take long for word to spread through Knoxville. KCCI's Marcus McIntosh went to the town to see how the tight-knit community over there was reacting to the tragic news:

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KCCI spoke with Gary Roozeboom, a retired pastor who has lived in Knoxville for more than two decades. He told McIntosh, "I'm sure no one thought that this could end tragically. Who would have thought?

"My heart just sank for the family," he added. "I mean it's something that's supposed to be fun and exciting. You have your family there and then in an instant everything changes."

Several agencies are still investigating including the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. No further information has been released at this time.