Woman Mistakes Dynamite For Candle During Power Outage, Suffers Severe Injuries

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – Authorities say a Connecticut woman mistook a stick of dynamite for a candle during a power outage and suffered severe hand injuries.
Assistant Bridgeport Fire Chief Michael Caldaroni says the woman was looking to light a candle in her home at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday after the power went out during a storm.
The dynamite went off in the woman’s hand.
One of her children called 911 and she was taken to the hospital. No one else was injured.
Caldaroni says one