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Brothers Celebrating Lottery Win Blow Up Their House

house firePolice said two Wichita brothers celebrated winning $75,000 in the Kansas lottery Friday by purchasing drugs — then they accidentally blew up their house.

The explosion sent one of the brothers – a 27-year-old – to a local hospital, according to the Wichita Eagle, where he remains in serious but stable condition with second-degree burns on his hands, arms and chest.

Police said the other brother was sent to jail.

The Eagle reported that one of the brothers went to the kitchen to refuel the butane torches they planned to use to light their bongs. He emptied a couple of large cans of butane lighter fluid, leaking butane into the air.

“The butane vapor reached the pilot light in the furnace, and as you might expect, ka-boom,” Sgt. Bruce Watts of the Wichita Police Department told the newspaper.

Adding insult to injury, the victim was wearing a lottery T-shirt when the explosion occurred, according to police.

The Eagle also reported the victim’s girlfriend loaded him and some children into a car and took him to the emergency room, where she dropped him off and left.

Police officers responded to the house with a warrant, where the other brother admitted he had marijuana and methamphetamine, the newspaper said.

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