Explosives found at Mackay school

HOME-MADE bombs similar to the device that seriously injured a teenage boy have been found on a Queensland high school oval.

A teacher found the devices on the Mackay State High School oval on Monday morning.

Inspector Andy Graham says the devices had been detonated before they were discovered and no one has been hurt.

"We had our local bomb technician go and look at those devices to ensure they are safe," he told reporters.

"They had been exploded so they don't look to be of any danger to anyone."

An exclusion zone has been erected around the school and officers are searching the entire school grounds.

Police are investigating whether the devices are linked to an explosion at a Mackay home on Sunday, which seriously injured the teenage boy.

Two teenage boys were experimenting with explosive household substances when a device they'd made went off.

One of the boys, believed to be 15, suffered severe injuries to his hand, face, chest and throat. The other boy, aged 14, wasn't hurt because he was out of the room when the device exploded.

Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Mike Condon says explosives in the hands of amateurs are very dangerous.

"Unfortunately you've got a young teenager who will be maimed for the rest of his life through just stupidity," Mr Condon told ABC Radio.

Inspector Graham said the boys were wrapping up some low-level explosive material in insulation tape. They'd planned to explode it by throwing it onto the ground.

"Even though it is low-level stuff and it's readily available around the household it can have catastrophic results," he told ABC Radio.

The injured boy is being transferred to a Brisbane hospital after undergoing surgery at the Mackay Hospital on Sunday night.

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