A father and his two sons were making firecrackers in a warehouse at their home in southern Styria on Monday evening.
Just after the eldest son, 33, left and returned to the house, an explosion destroyed the warehouse, killing his brother and their father.
According to the Austrian news website, Kleine Zeitung (in German), the warehouse, located next to the family home in Kapfenstein, was completely destroyed. The father, 57-year-old Josef F. and 28-year-old Bernhard were most likely killed instantly.
Wiener Zeitung reports (in German) that according to police the explosion could be heard a kilometer away and the warehouse reduced to "just dust and ashes." Police are still endeavoring to recover the remains.
The man's 55-year-old wife and her surviving son are in shock and were uninjured by the blast. A neighboring house was apparently also badly damaged by the explosion and according to the local fire service, other neighbors phoned in to say their windows had been broken by the blast.
According to neighbors, the father and his sons often experimented with explosives, and they were used to hearing loud bangs coming from the property.
Photo: Firecrackers CC by-SA G36
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