Police confirmed the guest was fatally struck by flying debris.
A gender reveal party in Iowa ended in tragedy on Saturday when a guest was killed in an explosion.
The 56-year-old woman died when she was struck by shrapnel, after the family detonated a device meant to harmlessly burst apart in a cloud of pink and/or blue.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office confirmed it had received a 911 call shortly after 4pm about an explosion in rural Knoxville.
"It was reported that a female had been seriously injured in the explosion," police said in a press release. "Local Fire departments, emergency medical services, and law enforcement responded to the scene where a 56-year-old female was pronounced deceased on scene."
"The investigation determined that a gender reveal announcement resulted in the explosion which caused a flying piece of debris to strike the victim."
The woman’s identity has not yet been released.
"I’m sure no one though that this could end tragically, I mean who would’ve thought?" retired town pastor Gary Rosebloom told CBS News.
"My heart just sank for the family," he added. "It’s something that’s supposed to be fun and exciting, you have your family there, and then wow… in an instant everything changed."
In 2017, an off-duty border patrol agent accidentally started a 47,000 acre fire that cost more than $8million in damage with a gender reveal.
A video released by the US Forest Service showed the moment Dennis Dickey used a high-powered rifle to shoot a target packed with blue powder — as well as Tannerite, a legal but highly explosive substance — which ignited the devastating Sawmill Fire.
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