Explosions happen for all sorts of reasons.


We’ve seen some pretty dumb examples of things going boom over the years. For example, we’ve seen tiny fireworks lead to massive fires, people starting fires by dropping shopping carts on power lines, and even people blowing up their whole back yards to try to stop a bug problem.


Now, we have another entrant onto the list of dumb explosions. Seeing an issue with a powerline, this person decided to poke it with a big stick — and as a result, he set off a sizable blast.

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