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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Utah student displaces 22 in dorm after attempt to create rocket fuel on stove

Photos released by the police department revealed black explosion marks across kitchen cabinets, walls and ceilings.
Dorm residents were displaced due to flooding ‘caused by this kitchen chemist experiment’, which resulted in ‘extensive damage to the building’. Photograph: Courtesy of the BYU police department

After a student’s failed attempt at creating rocket fuel in a dorm room displaced 22 people, police at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah reminded students to “keep your experiments in the lab”.

The unnamed student attempted to concoct homemade rocket fuel on a stove in their dorm on Sunday afternoon.

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