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NASA updates the UN that it has detected on its radars: "Three unusual heat spots were observed in the Bandar Abbas area. There is concern that an underground nuclear facility in the area may have been damaged."

Huge explosion of 24 shipping containers of sodium perchlorate received from China for use in Iranian missiles in the port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran. This chemical is more explosive than ammonium sulfate. He estimates it is about 2X the size of the Beirut Lebanon explosion. This shipment by China was illegal. Israel was aware of the shipment.

Huge explosion hits the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, killing 5 people and injuring more than 700 others. - AP

The FBI recently released video footage of a masked man the agency says is responsible for lighting a Washington state Tesla Supercharger station on fire, noting he may have injuries consistent with being near an "explosion." At about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, the man allegedly started a fire at a Tesla Supercharger located in the South Sound Center in Lacey. Lacey Police Department officials confirmed in a statement it received multiple 911 calls reporting a loud noise in the area. "The fire resulted in substantial damage to the station and surrounding area," according to a statement from FBI Seattle. The man...

A loud explosion and sounds of heavy fighting have been reported in Chechnya’s capital of Grozny, according to sources on Twitter and some media outlets in the region. Multiple sources on Twitter are reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motorcade has been seen pulling into the Kremlin in the middle of the night, around the time the unrest unfolded in Grozny.

An Aurus limousine believed to be part of Vladimir Putin’s official car fleet exploded and caught fire in Moscow. Footage appears to show the £275,000 Aurus Senat ablaze on a street just north of Moscow’s FSB secret service Lubyanka headquarters. The car is believed to be part of fleet of vehicles beloinging to the Kremlin's Presidential Property Management Department. Images show the engine fire spreading to the the interior of the limousine. It was not clear who was in the vehicle at the time of the incident.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Texas Tech says an explosion at a substation has caused power outages on campus and at the Health Sciences Center. The Engineering Key is evacuated as well as HSC. Around 9:20 p.m., the Texas Tech Library officially closed. Officials are expected to host a press conference for the latest on the explosion. The public is asked to avoid the area. This is a developing story.

What We Know: The fire broke out at Bull's Eye Indoor Range, which was open, in the 400 block of Puyallup Avenue shortly after 6:00 p.m., according to the Tacoma Fire Department. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion before the fire erupted, causing ammunition to pop from the heat. Tacoma Fire Department crews were called to the scene and declared it a two-alarm fire. Firefighters entered the building to search for any other people and got the fire under control. One person was found dead, and another person was injured and taken to a nearby hospital. It's unclear how seriously they...

Local Waste employees narrowly avoided a dangerous situation on Wednesday when an oxygen tank exploded in the back of a sanitation truck as they were dumping garbage into it. “Super fortunate,” said Ryan Jensen, with Local Waste Services, “a couple inches there would’ve been serious injuries or fatality.” Whitehall Police said the explosion was so loud that it set off the city’s gunshot notification system. “It sounds like a bomb went off,” said AJ Strickler, “it was chaos, there was trash everywhere.” The tank was discovered illegally placed in a garbage can in the 4000 block of Elbern Avenue. …

The wife of the Army soldier who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday broke up with him six days before he killed himself inside the vehicle, according to law enforcement sources. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, left his Colorado Springs home the day after Christmas following an argument with his wife over apparent infidelity, two sources familiar with the investigation told The Post. His wife — who had a baby daughter with Livelsberger — reportedly told him that she knew he had been cheating, the sources said. After leaving Colorado, Livelsberger rented a Cybertruck...

Democrat social media influencers are gloating over the Tesla Cybertruck explosion at the Las Vegas Trump International Hotel that killed one and injured seven others. The explosion, which took place on the morning of New Year’s Day in the valet area of the president-elect’s hotel, claimed the life of the driver, identified as 37-year-old active duty Army servicemember Matthew Livelsberger who served in the Green Berets. The electric vehicle exploded just 15 seconds after Livelsberger pulled up in front of the hotel’s entrance, the Daily Mail reported. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the injuries sustained by...

Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger shot himself in the head just before the explosion at the Trump Las Vegas hotel, police said Thursday. Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters Thursday that Livelsberger, 37, was found inside the vehicle with a “self-inflicted gunshot wound” to the head.

The U.S. rang in the new year to a tragic act of terrorism that killed at least 15 people and injured more than 30 others in New Orleans. In Las Vegas, investigators are still trying to determine if the man who killed himself by intentionally setting off explosives in a Cybertruck parked outside Trump Hotel was also an act of terrorism, and whether the two events are related in any way. One thing is certain, however, the Cybertruck driver, who has now been identified, chose the wrong vehicle. As Tesla founder Elon Musk shared on X, though seven were injured...

ONE person has died after a huge explosion ripped through a block of flats in the Netherlands with cops now hunting for a car. Rescuers are searching for survivors in the three-storey building in The Hague after the blast at around 6.15am this morning. Police are searching for a motor that drove away "at very high speed" shortly after the blast and have appealed for witnesses. Residents at the block in the city's Mariahoeve neighbourhood were asleep at the time of the explosion. Emergency services were called after a huge bang and loud screams were heard. Several apartments were completely...

Dramatic footage from the overnight hours shows what appears to be an explosion rocking part of the Port of Miami, a major seaport located in Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River in Miami, Florida. "Numerous people have reported hearing and seeing a large explosion at the Port of Miami," X user RawAlerts said in the early morning hours. RawAlerts said, "Additional footage and According to one worker, a 20-foot container with a car inside reportedly blew up. Car brand unknown. Which reportedly caused the large explosion."

Swiss diplomat Sylvie Brunner was found dead this week after falling from her 17th-floor apartment balcony in Tehran. She was the first secretary of the Swiss delegation and worked in the US Interests Section. Neighbors heard a loud explosion late at night before her death. Her body was found in the garden the next morning. According to reports, Sylvie Brunner was called to Iran to testify about her knowledge of the details of the American accounts who pocketed billions of dollars due to the bribes to lift sanctions against Iran. ...... Snip...... Dan J @DanTCH_ Swiss diplomat who was preparing...

A Georgia environment boss collapsed suddenly on Tuesday and later died in the hospital - on the same day after testifying about the BioLab chemical explosion. Kenny Johnson, 62, was Rockdale's state representative supervisor for soil and water conservation. He testified about the BioLab chemical fire that spewed clouds of chlorine gas and smoke in Conyers - where Johnson lived with his family. He later collapsed near the state Capitol and was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital where he died. During his recorded testimony, Johnson claimed this was the second time he had asked for a criminal investigation - the...

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Former President Donald Trump predicted to supporters in President Biden’s birth city of Scranton, Pa., Wednesday that the commander in chief will break with Vice President Kamala Harris before next month’s election. “He looks better now than I’ve ever seen him looking,” Trump said, referring to Biden’s appearance since dropping his re-election bid July 21. However, the 45th president, 78, also suggested that Biden was “angry” since he was forced to quit the race by a Democratic “coup.” “He’s angry, he’s angry at her,” Trump mused. “There’s going to be an explosion before the election with them. Those two are...

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — A fire at Biolab, a chemical plant in Rockdale County, is causing the evacuation of people who live nearby as well as a number of road closures, including I-20. The sheriff’s office says they evacuated the area near Biolab on Old Covington Highway on Sunday morning, and are telling others to shelter in place for the time being. At 1 p.m., the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office updated the zone where they are asking people to evacuate their homes. Officials say they are also blocking off I-20 in both directions between Salem Road and Turner Hill Road....