article_snippet: A 25-year-old soldier in Lindenhurst, north of Chicago, was attempting to light a tracer round in A military reservist who returned from service in Afghanistan backyard with a blow torch when Ammunition exploded and alarmed residents on A military reservist who returned from service in Afghanistan street.
article_snippet: An Afghanistan reservist's bullet that exploded in a suburban neighborhood north of Chicago was a tracer round, which are often marked by a different colored tip from other ammunition (file photo)
article_snippet: Tracer rounds contain a combustible compound that leaves a visible trail of the projectiles path.
article_snippet: Tracer rounds (pictured in Kobane, Syria, 2014) can be used as flares if removed from their shell and ignited .
article_snippet: The exploding bullet was not illegal to own as a civilian and foul play is not expected.
article_snippet: An estimated $2million in damage was caused at an Indianapolis shooting range last year when a bullet believed to be a tracer round caused a fire, according to WTHR.
article_snippet: a bullet did not explode, but is thought to have smoldered in shredded rubber tires used as a backstop.
highlights_snippet: Twenty-five-year-old reservist in Lindenhurst, Illinois tried to ignite bullet .
  
highlights_snippet: Ammunition was a tracer round, which can be lit and used as a flare .
  