A 56-year-old woman was killed by an explosion at a gender-reveal party gone wrong, according to police.

The victim has only been identified as a 56-year-old woman at this stage of the investigation.

She had been at a party in Knoxville, Iowa when authorities were called to reports a woman had been seriously injured in an explosion.

Once investigators arrived at the scene, roughly 40 miles southeast of Des Moines, the woman was pronounced dead, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.

It was determined the woman died after the gender reveal caused an explosion, the  Des Moines Register  reported. Debris from the explosion flew through the air, reportedly hitting the victim and severely wounding her.

It's not clear what exactly exploded and further information has not been released about the incident.

Officials did not release further information about the incident. However, gender-reveal parties often make headlines for their disastrous outcomes.

In 2018, another gender reveal party went horribly wrong when a Tucson, Arizona, man shot at a target, which was supposed to release either a pink or blue cloud to indicate the baby's gender.

Instead, the target – which contained the highly explosive substance tannerite – burst into flames, spreading quickly through the field of dry brush that surrounded it.

The incident was later determined to be the cause of the Sawmill Fire, which burned nearly 47,000 acres and caused more than $8 million (£6.2m) in damage.

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