A gender reveal announcement that resulted in an explosion left one woman dead in Knoxville on Saturday, according to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

At about 4:03 p.m., police responded to a report that a 56-year-old woman had been severely injured in an explosion. When officials arrived at the scene, the woman was pronounced dead.

An investigation determined that the gender reveal announcement resulted in an explosion and caused a piece of debris to fly and hit the victim, the news release stated.

No other information is available at this time.

Andrea Sahouri covers breaking news for the Des Moines Register. She can be contacted at asahouri@registermedia.com, 515-284-8247 or on Twitter at @andreamsahouri.

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