A man who picked up a black box he found in a Bunnings car park exploded in his hand while walking his three dogs on the Gold Coast carried it for 500 metres before it detonated.
Queensland Police were called to Edmund Rice Drive at Southport on the Gold Coast about 9.35am yesterday after reports of an explosion.
“Paramedics treated the man at the scene for very minor burns to his hands.”a spokeswoman said today.