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An explosion occurred at a business premises on De Scheysloot on Sunday evening, October 25. The investigation into the cause is in full swing, and the police are calling on witnesses to come forward. The explosion was reported to the Read More …
Clashes broke out near the Albanian prime minister’s office in the capital, Tirana, on Saturday as anti-government riots entered a fifth day. Protesters hurled rocks, petrol bombs, flares and fireworks at police, who responded with tear gas, water cannon and Read More …
Police discovered nearly 50 powerful explosive fireworks in a basement storage unit under an apartment building in Utrecht’s Overvecht district. The devices contained approximately 10 kilograms of flash powder combined and posed a significant risk to people living nearby. Police Read More …
With more than 1,500 blast attacks each year, the Netherlands holds the unfortunate distinction of being Europe’s leader in this area.* The increase in blast attacks began in 2023 and has continued in the years since. Criminal gangs, particularly in Read More …
Seven people have been injured, one seriously, following an explosion and major fire in a fitness studio next to a block of flats in the west of Amsterdam on Thursday night. A further 400 people living in the complex have Read More …
A 34-year-old man charged after explosives were found at a property in Preston has made his first court appearance. David Rutherford, 34, of Tag Croft, Preston, who is also known as Kaylee Rutherford, appeared before magistrates in Preston on Friday, June 5, charged with possession Read More …
Multiple homemade fireworks and explosive devices were seized during the search of a Kansas home in an arson investigation. The Salina Police Department said it happened Tuesday when multiple agencies carried out a search of a home on Page Avenue, Read More …
French authorities have arrested two more suspects over a foiled attack on Bank of America’s Paris offices, the country’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said on Sunday. “Two further individuals were taken into police custody last night as part of the investigation Read More …
Authorities in France are investigating an attempted terror attack in which a man allegedly tried to detonate an explosive device in Paris, according to officials. French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez congratulated French police for thwarting the “violent” attack in Paris Read More …
Shortly after a man attacked a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, earlier this month, William Weimer received a call from employees at a Phantom Fireworks store in nearby Livonia. Agents at the store told Weimer, Phantom’s vice president and general Read More …
Sticks of dynamite, a live grenade, and roughly 20 pounds of gunpowder — discovered inside a private home in upstate New York. That’s what investigators found when they responded to a residence on Brewer Road in the Town of Waterloo Read More …
Authorities arrested a probationer after investigators discovered homemade fireworks and explosive devices inside his vehicle parked near the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. According to the sheriff’s office, just after 2 p.m. Feb. 4, the Placer County Probation Department contacted the Read More …
A man has been charged with making an explosive substance with intent to endanger life after people were evacuated from their homes in Coventry. Police were called to a property on St Judes Crescent, near the junction with Meadfoot Road, Read More …
A Sarasota man’s breakup with his girlfriend attracted more attention to his failed relationship than he wanted when she demanded that he move out. According to documents, she began to remove his things from the home on Mayfield Drive in Read More …
ALBUQUERQUE – After a five-day jury trial and approximately three hours of deliberation, a federal jury convicted Gregory Vandenberg, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, of intending to use explosives against law enforcement officers at the June 14, 2025, “No Kings Read More …
Loud explosions in Guernsey County prompted multiple law enforcement agencies to descend upon a home just south of Cambridge this week. According to the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office, multiple agencies were called to the area of Campbell Street, in Cambridge Read More …
The 16-year-old from Blackpool was earlier arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, but has now been detained under the Mental Health Act following a further assessment. It comes after police found a quantity of items of concern Read More …
The bomb squad was called to Watford over a firework attached to a motorcycle, police have confirmed. The force attended Dad’s Garage by Paulo, between Vicarage Road and The Hornets, at 8.40am on Saturday (September 20) following reports of a Read More …
German authorities say at least 19 people were injured, four seriously, after a fireworks show went awry at a fair in the western city of Düsseldorf. Fire squad and emergency services deployed after the incident late Friday at the Rheinkirmes Read More …
Seven people are “unaccounted for” after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse resulted in a fire in Northern California’s Yolo County, officials said. It happened Tuesday evening in the community of Esparto at Devastating Pyrotechnics. The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office Read More …