prompting the family to search for candles in the basement. The victim lit a quarter-stick of dynamite and suffered serious injuries to her face and loss multiple fingers in her hands. The woman ...

BRIDGEPORT — A woman blew off several fingers when she accidentally lit a quarter stick of dynamite in her home Thursday night, officials said. Assistant Fire Chief Michael Caldaroni ...

The term is based on quarter sticks of dynamite, which the devices resemble. “Quarter stick firecrackers do not contain nitroglycerin as dynamite does, and have far less explosive power ...

Instead, she lit a quarter stick of dynamite. One of her children called 911 and she was transported to the hospital with a serious hand injury. Nobody else was injured in the accident ...