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Maryland man accused in gingerbread house explosion

ROCK HALL — — A Maryland man is accused of using fireworks to destroy a gingerbread house on his front porch.

Jerry Lee Heinefield, of Rock Hall, faces charges of reckless endangerment and illegal fireworks possession.

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reports that deputy state fire marshals served a summons on Heinefield this week.

Authorities say the 36-year-old Heinefield put illegal fireworks inside the gingerbread house, and that his wife was burned on the wrist when it exploded.

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Heinefield told The Associated Press on Saturday that he had used small firecrackers as a creative way to dispose of a gingerbread house he no longer wanted.

He called the incident an accident that had been "blown out of proportion." He says the explosion left just a very small spot on his wife's wrist.

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