Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe KENT, Wash., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The death of suburban Seattle man this week was ruled an accident that was caused by an exploding lava lamp. Kent police said late Monday the victim was apparently killed by a glass shard that struck him in the heart after he apparently decided to heat the lamp up on his stove for reasons that remain a mystery. Advertisement Phillip Quinn's body was found in his trailer with numerous cuts on it when his parents stopped by to check on him. They also found glass shards and other remnants of the lamp scattered around the kitchen.
