Woman cited for allegedly causing urine to explode in 7-Eleven microwave

Anastasiya Bolton | 9News

AURORA – Aurora police cited a Denver woman for allegedly damaging a 7-Eleven microwave by heating up what appeared to be urine, causing the urine to explode.

The police officer who cited Angelique Sanchez, 26, wrote in his report that he found Sanchez at a Concentra Health Clinic about a half-mile north of the 7-Eleven at 3200 Chambers Road.

According to the May 3 Aurora Police Department report, Sanchez was waiting for a physical and urinalysis for a future job.

9News Medical Expert Comilla Sasson said one of the quality check measures for a urine drug screening is to make sure that it is at body temperature, 98.6 degrees, plus or minus a few degrees.

"The only kind of rationale would be that .. after you’d say given a urine sample and it gets to room temperature ... which we know whatever the ambient temperature is, maybe that’s 70 degrees, whatever the day is ... now you feel the need to warm it up to body temperature, maybe that would be a reason to put it into a microwave," Sasson said.

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