Officers at the scene found that a group of people had detonated a large stock of Tannerite as part of a gender-reveal party, according to the AP.
The family said they thought a quarry was the safest place to pull the stunt, the AP said. The person who purchased and detonated the explosives, whose identity is not known, has since turned himself to the police, the AP reported.
The police added that the child was a boy. It was earth-shaking, one person who lives on Dorre Road, the same street as the quarry, told NBC Boston. It knocked pictures off our walls, Sara Taglieri, a woman who also lives near the quarry, told the outlet.
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Massive gender-reveal blast at New England quarry rattles homes in 2 states
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An explosion set off at a quarry in Kingston, New Hampshire, pictured here, was linked to a gender reveal celebration, news outlets reported. People could feel the blast all the way from northern Massachusetts. (Google Maps)
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A family is accused of using explosives at a New England quarry to announce the gender of their baby, rocking several towns from New Hampshire all the way down to Massachusetts in the process, according to news outlets.
Neighborhoods in multiple communities in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts were rattled by the mysterious explosion Tuesday night, NBC Boston reported.