Article: WA: Boy recovers after blowing off finger tips

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WA: Boy recovers after blowing off finger tips

PERTH, May 10 AAP - A 14-year-old schoolboy who accidentally blew off some of his fingertips by igniting a stolen detonator was recovering in a Perth hospital today.

The accident happened yesterday morning when the unnamed boy was given a detonator by school friend at Armadale High School, police said.

The explosion blew off the tips of the fingers on his left hand.

Officers said the youth caused the number six detonator to explode by setting fire to a piece of paper and putting it in the unsealed end of an aluminium tube he was holding.

A number six ...

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