The carbonation is the difference. It will explode as it becomes a slush and make a massive mess.
I woke to a strange sound. The bottle had blown the fridge door open, a large gash down the side of the bottle, soda slush everywhere.
It took me an hour to clean the fridge.
Sounds like the time I woke to what sounded like a gun shot in my apartment. I had accidentally left a can of frozen orange juice concentrate on top of my fridge about a week prior. It had started to ferment, and eventually, bang. Like you, it took me ages to clean up that mess.
I was sitting at the kitchen table, right next to the fridge, when a 750 ml glass bottle of ginger beer exploded. It took out another bottle along with the tempered glass shelf it had been sitting on.
Not only did it take more than an hour to clean up, the replacement shelf my wife ordered was the wrong one, so she had to order yet another replacement. It took ages to arrive.
I have not yet been allowed to make more home-made ginger beer, which is a shame because it's very tasty and is excellent for making cocktails in the summer.