Woman confuses dynamite with candle, suffers serious injuries, police say

When thunderstorms cut off the homes of Bridgeport, Conn., On Thursday, a 30-year-old woman grabbed what she thought was a candle. But she accidentally lit a stick of dynamite and suffered serious injuries, police said at CBS Boston.

Authorities said the tragic accident happened to the 30-year-old mother of two, who had gone to The Home Depot earlier in the evening to try to buy a light fixture. # 39; emergency. The store was closed, so when she returned home, she went into her basement to take what she thought were candles. The woman thought that she had picked up sticks left by the former residents of the house. What she caught was actually a quarter of dynamite stick, police said.

The woman was taken to the hospital with "extreme injuries" to her hands and could lose her fingers, reports CBS Boston. She suffered serious facial injuries, but the blast did not hurt anyone.

It is illegal to have dynamite or fireworks in the state of Connecticut, but the police do not complain. Police and firefighters searched the house and removed another dynamite device.

Authorities reminded residents to have emergency lighting at home in case of power failure. The authorities also reminded people to report any suspicious items that could cause a fire to the police.