PhotoA 73-year-old man was severely burned on Friday after he opened an oatmeal container that had been left at a home in Queens and it exploded, the police said. The explosive was a “victim-actuated device,” with the explosion caused by opening the cylindrical package, Chief Boyce said. The explosive was in a Quaker Oats container left on the porch of a home on the 100 block of 222nd Street in the Brookville neighborhood of Queens, the police said. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“We consider this a low-explosive; there was no shrapnel associated with this device,” Chief Boyce posted. Officials described the explosive as being in a package, but it was not clear whether the container was inside a package or left on its own.

Source: New York Times July 29, 2017 01:04 UTC