An 18-year-old in eastern Wisconsin has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years of probation after triggering a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people at a backyard gathering. The incident occurred during a bonfire on Oct. 14, 2022, in Maple Grove, about 25 miles northwest of Green Bay.
The teenager, identified as Sam Armstrong, pleaded no contest in February to 13 counts of injury by negligent use of an explosive. Armstrong threw a barrel containing a mix of gasoline and diesel into the fire, causing the explosion that burned at least 17 of the approximately 60 youths present at the gathering.
