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Teenage girl badly disfigured after man hurled car shock absorber on bonfire, causing explosion that broke her jaw and teeth

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Swaroop, A. (2026, November 3). Teenage girl badly disfigured after man hurled car shock absorber on bonfire, causing explosion that broke her jaw and teeth. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16262027/Teenage-girl-disfigured-man-hurled-car-shock-absorber-bonfire-explosion-broke-jaw-teeth.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-11-03 · by Ananya Swaroop

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On October 30, Jaidynn Penberthy, a 16-year-old girl, was severely injured when a shock absorber thrown into a bonfire at a Halloween party exploded, causing her to suffer from facial fractures, missing teeth, burns, and a broken jaw. The incident occurred around 10:30 pm in a desert area near Lake Pleasant outside Phoenix, Arizona; Penberthy required emergency airlift to the hospital for extensive facial reconstruction surgery. Police are searching for the suspect, described as between 16 and 25 years old, who fled before authorities arrived.
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📰 Teenager Injured in Bonfire Explosion
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Glass PERSON · 8× Penberthy PERSON · 8× Jaidynn Penberthy PERSON · 2× Phoenix ORG · 2× 911 ORG · 1× AZ Family ORG · 1× Chris Berrelleza PERSON · 1× Ethan Glass PERSON · 1× the Daily Mail ORG · 1×

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The teen underwent facial reconstruction surgery and needs a few more operations to get well Glass said he is 'frustrated' and hopes that police catch the person who is responsible for his sister's condition.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-03
🔮 She underwent facial reconstruction surgery and will undergo more operations in the coming days.

Claims (29 extracted, 0 hedged)

A teenage girl was badly disfigured after a young man threw a car part into a Halloween party bonfire causing a catastrophic explosive blast. asserted
man → disfigure → blast
Jaidynn Penberthy, 16, was at a party on October 30 when the suspect threw a vehicle shock absorber into the fire. asserted
suspect → throw → fire
Phoenix police said the fire blew up, blasting Penberthy in the face. asserted
fire → say → face
Ethan Glass, the victim's brother, told AZ Family that the teen had a broken jaw, multiple facial fractures, missing teeth and burns. asserted
teen → tell → jaw
Penberthy was unconscious after she was hit and was eventually airlifted to the hospital, her brother said. asserted
brother → hit → hospital
She underwent facial reconstruction surgery and will undergo more operations in the coming days. asserted
She → undergo → days
‘There was a lot of blood,’ Glass said. asserted
Glass → be → blood
The officials are now on the lookout for the suspect between the ages of 16 and 25, who they said left before police arrived on the scene. asserted
police → say → scene
Jaidynn Penberthy, 16, was attending a Halloween party on October 30 when a young man threw a vehicle shock absorber into the fire that caused a blast Penberthy was 10 feet away from the explosion. asserted
Penberthy → attend → explosion
She got hit on her face and had a broken jaw, multiple facial fractures, missing teeth and burns Police said they responded to an emergency call in a desert area close to Lake Pleasant at around 10.30pm. asserted
they → hit → 10.30pm
Glass said that Penberthy was about 10 feet away from the fire when the blast happened. asserted
blast → say → fire
He added that when she got hit, people around his sister gave her emergency first aid. asserted
people → add → aid
One of her friends informed the family about the accident. asserted
One → inform → accident
They also called 911, Glass said. asserted
Glass → call → 911
A girl also gave Penberthy a sternum rub to try to get her pulse back, Glass told the outlet. asserted
Glass → give → outlet
‘She said that she lost her pulse for like a minute,’ Glass said. asserted
Glass → say → minute
While multiple people were hit by debris, police said Penberthy was the only one who needed urgent care. asserted
who → hit → care
‘The way the shrapnel, the piece, whatever it was, hit her in the face, it struck her almost square in the mouth, nose, side going down kind of side of the face, just all around,’ Glass said. asserted
Glass → hit → face
Penberthy is recovering in the hospital. asserted
Penberthy → recover → hospital
She is conscious but unable to speak, her brother told the outlet. asserted
brother → speak → outlet
The family is communicating with her through written messages. asserted
family → communicate → messages
‘She’s been crying a lot just from being in so much pain and just like, it’s hard to breathe,’ Glass said. asserted
Glass → cry → pain
The teen underwent facial reconstruction surgery and needs a few more operations to get well Glass said he is 'frustrated' and hopes that police catch the person who is responsible for his sister's condition. asserted
who → undergo → condition
'I really don’t understand why he would do something of the sort. asserted
he → understand → sort
It makes no sense,' he said. asserted
he → make → sense
The brother added that his sister is 'very thankful that she’s alive,' but 'she is confused.' He also set up a fundraising page to get help for Penberthy's extensive medical care. asserted
He → add → care
The family has received more than $10,000 in donations so far. asserted
family → receive → donations
The Phoenix police has urged anyone with additional information to report it to authorities. asserted
police → urge → authorities
'We empathize with the victim and the injuries she sustained pertaining to what transpired,' Sergeant Chris Berrelleza told the Daily Mail. asserted
Berrelleza → empathize → Mail
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