‘God-awful blast’ that rocked towns was caused by gender reveal party

An explosion that rocked towns in New Hampshire was the result of a gender reveal party, according to police.

The explosion was reported by residents in the towns around Kingston, roughly 40 miles (64 km) north of Boston, at about 7pm on Tuesday.

“It was a loud boom that shook our four-family townhouse,” a resident of Plainstow, south of Kingston, told The Boston Globe. “The kids stumbled and yelled ‘Earthquake!’”