Posted on 05/17/2025 3:00:01 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Emergency crews responded to a major explosion at a Palm Springs building late Saturday morning, as authorities investigate the cause—including the possibility of terrorism.
The blast occurred just before 11 a.m. at the American Reproductive Centers on North Indian Canyon Drive, near East Tachevah Drive. The force of the explosion was felt up to two miles away, and nearby structures sustained damage.
“It’s all on the table—including terrorism,” said Lt. William Hutchinson, speaking to The Desert Sun from the scene.
Witnesses described hearing a deafening boom, and videos circulating on social media show significant damage, including shattered windows at a neighboring liquor store.
Officials have not yet determined whether the explosion was deliberate or accidental. However, Hutchinson confirmed that at least one person appears to have died, and graphic images from the site suggest human remains were found.
Palm Springs Mayor Ron deHarte reported that multiple structures were still ablaze in the area following the explosion.
NBC Palm Springs referred to the incident as a “car explosion,” though authorities have not confirmed the source or nature of the blast.
Residents have been urged to stay clear of the area to allow emergency crews to manage the scene. First responders were still arriving as of noon.
The explosion occurred close to—but not directly on—the grounds of Desert Regional Medical Center, the city’s primary hospital.
The American Reproductive Centers facility does not offer abortion services. It is known as the Coachella Valley’s first full-service fertility clinic and IVF lab, according to its website. Since opening in 2006, it has provided services including in vitro fertilization, egg donation, genetic testing, fertility preservation, and support for LGBTQ+ family planning and surrogacy.
Tamara Cash, a local resident, was out jogging nearby when the explosion occurred.
“The sound was so intense it shook my whole body,” she told The Desert Sun. As she passed the building shortly after the blast, she said windows were blown out throughout the area, including at Desert Regional Medical Center.
My money is on a disgruntled, dissatisfied customer who, together with his or THEIR “partner” after paying out tens of thousands - twenty, thirty, fifty - to get pregnant via IVF without success just went postal. Bigly.
Those instances are “free speech”
It’s fertility clinic. The services it provides are listed near the bottom of the article. It helps women who want to bear children conceive.
* in vitro fertilization
* egg donation
* genetic testing
* fertility preservation
* support for LGBTQ+ family planning (this is the outlier)
* surrogacy
* it does NOT offer abortion services
Authorities regularly dismiss the idea of terrorism, even when it’s obvious to everyone. Like some guy named Mohammed stabbing a person while yelling Allahu Akbar.
Now, when they finally decide to bring it up when no evidence is in, it sort of makes you wonder...
What they do and what they do not do is explained in the article.
It’s slow and takes quite a bit of prompting to go off.
That's why the Capitol Building remains intact to this day.
It was a joke.
With the fires and earthquakes going on in Cali this year, could a gas line have had an issue?
Juicy Smooilette
That french actor...
That the first thing that crossed my mind reading this article.
“Fertilizer is very explosive...”
It’s slow and takes quite a bit of prompting to go off.
Sometimes goes off prematurely.
My guess is whoever did this had a personal grudge against the facility..look into people who recently either had a child maybe born with birth defects something the family can blame on the facility for not doing adequate testing, or a baby died, or the mother died soon after treatment. This place opened in 2006, its not terrorism, if this place opened a month ago Id say OK someone who wanted to get rid of the clinic because they hate IVF makes sense, but 20 yrs, yeah its a personal grudge
Yeah that’s my guess too, go back 6 months or so and they will easily find the culprit
A later report says the explosion happened inside the building.
Or it could be couple who was satisfied until the triplets bit the Terrible Twos and the clinic would not take returns. Just kidding of course.
There have been bitter disputes in divorce cases over the disposition of frozen embryos — destroy, donate or award to the woman for future use. Maybe the man wanted choice #1 and made sure it happened. But who knows?
I’d bet it’s a divorced husband whose ex-wife just ordered their frozen embryos to be destroyed.
“My money is on a disgruntled, dissatisfied customer...”
That, or a gas explosion perhaps.
I think it was gas by the looks of the blast damage. Its all along the structure and horizontal.
Whether it was accidental or intentional is another question.
Somebody said a car bomb in a parked car. I doubt that by the blast damage.
I guess it depends on how you define ‘fertility’. Women who are unable to bear a child sometimes make use of surrogacy.
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