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Re: All Those Balloons

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Originally Posted by artdutra04
They were remotely detonated blasting caps used by the mining industry.

I seriously doubt they were actually industrial blasting caps. Those are NOT something to play around with (i.e. blow your hand off). It would be very irresponsible of whoever setup the balloons to float industrial explosives over peoples heads. It was more likely some model rocket igniters and a tiny amount of black powder or flash powder like in a bottle rocket.