A 56-year-old woman has died after being hit by debris from an explosion at a gender reveal party in the US on Saturday, police said.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office received a call in the afternoon reporting that the woman had been seriously injured in an explosion. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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According to police, a flying piece of debris from an exploding gender reveal announcement struck the woman.

No further information has been released by the police.

Gender reveals are becoming almost a rite of passage for some new parents, but as their popularity increases so too do the risks associated with creating memorable reveal.

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In April last year, a Gold Coast man's car burst into flames while he was performing a burnout to announce the gender of a friend's baby.

In vision released by Queensland Police of the incident, panicked onlookers can be seen racing to free the driver from the burning car.

In the US state of Arizona, a gender reveal went horribly wrong when a man shot at a target that burst into flames and caused a massive blaze that ripped through almost 19,000 hectares and caused $11.725 million in damage.