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 ...

When thunderstorms knocked out power for homes in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Thursday, a 30-year-old woman grabbed what she thought was a candle. But she accidentally lit a stick of dynamite, and ...

Police say a woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after she mistook dynamite for a candle during a power outage at her Bridgeport home. It happened around 8 p.m. Thursday on Lindley Street.

Authorities say a woman from Connecticut suffered severe hand injuries when she lit a quarter stick of dynamite she mistook for a candle. Assistant Bridgeport Fire Chief Michael Caldaroni says the ...