Explosion at 2nd Iowa gender reveal party shakes homes two miles away
Just a day after a 56-year-old grandmother was killed after an explosive gender reveal announcement went horribly wrong in Iowa, authorities were called to another blast during a gender reveal party in a neighboring county.Waukee fire and police department responded to a report of an explosion about 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 32000 block of Ute Avenue in rural Dallas County, city officials announced in a press release.The eruption was said to have shook homes more than two miles away and blown out a neighboring residence’s windows.When officers arrived on scene, Waukee Fire Department Captain Tomme Tysdal says they spoke with the property’s owners and confirmed the explosion was part of a gender reveal announcement. Waukee fire and police department responded to a report of an explosion about 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 32000 block of Ute Avenue in rural Dallas County, city officials announced in a press releaseThe couple revealed they’d used a Tannerite Gender Reveal Boom Box kit successfully, without incident, and was bought legally at a local sporting goods store.The kit contains a target that, once shot by a firearm, explodes into a cloud of colored dust – showing pink for a girl, or blue for a boy. Though no one was harmed, Tysdal says he wouldn’t recommend people use kits like these, or any other explosives, because of the danger involved.Just 24-hours before the Dallas County blast, 56-year-old Pamela Kreimeyer was killed in a similar explosion while taking part in a gender reveal announcement in rural Knoxville.Kreimeyer was hit by shrapnel from a homemade pipe bomb that her family built to shoot out colored powder from. The couple revealed they’d used a Tannerite Gender Reveal Boom Box kit successfully, without incident, and was bought legally at a local sporting goods store Pamela Kreimeyer, pictured, was hit by shrapnel from a homemade pipe bomb that her family built to shoot out the colored powder. She died instantly, police say A source told the DailyMail.com the party was being held for Kreimeyer’s son Brad and his girlfriend, Kirstie Rankin, who posted this image to Facebook earlier this month It is understood the family placed gunpowder in the bottom of a homemade stand that was welded to a metal base plate. After drilling a hole in the side for a fuse a piece of wood was placed on top of the gunpowder and colored powder was placed on top of the board. Tape was then wrapped over the top of the metal tubing, inadvertently creating a pipe bomb RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next EXCLUSIVE – PICTURED: Grandmother, 56, who was killed at… Drunk driver, 32, who killed two and injured seven when he… Share this article Share The explosion sent debris flying towards her home in Marion County, authorities said. She was struck in the head by a piece of metal from 45 feet away and died instantly.A source told the DailyMail.com the party was being held for Kreimeyer’s son Brad and his girlfriend, named as Kirstie Rankin.It is un