Investigators did not respond to a reporter's questions about why the boy was making the device.

GEORGIA EXECUTIVE WHO DISAPPEARED IN BATON ROUGE AFTER LSU GAME FOUND DEAD

Responding deputies from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office applied a tourniquet to his hand, the department said on Facebook.

"Making homemade explosives can be very dangerous not only to yourself but other people," Lt. Devin Coulon told the television station.

The victim’s name and age were not released, and no one else was hurt in the blast.