16-year-old ‘thankful’ to be alive after car part thrown into Halloween bonfire causes explosion

PHOENIX (AZFamily/Gray News) - An Arizona man is facing charges after police say he threw a car part into a Halloween bonfire, causing an explosion that left a 16-year-old girl seriously injured.Jaidynn Penberthy, 16, was seriously injured when Phoenix police say a man threw a car shock absorber into a bonfire during a Halloween party in the desert, causing an explosion.The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. last Friday. Detectives say multiple partygoers were struck by debris, but only Penberthy was seriously injured.Police believe 24-year-old Samuel Wolf Schnee is the man who caused the explosion. Court records show he was booked on three counts of aggravated assault and seven counts of endangerment.‘Like a scene out of a horror movie’Ethan Glass, Penberthy’s older brother, said she was standing 10 feet away when the blast knocked her unconscious.“There was a lot of blood,” Glass said. “It was like a scene out of a horror movie.”He said strangers performed lifesaving measures and ca