: The Placer County Sheriff's Office says the devices were removed and the Explosive Ordinance Disposal K9 swept the area.

Colorado Springs police confirmed that the "mortars" found at the scene of a grass fire early Sunday in the 3600 block of Oro ...

A Gilbert arson investigator testified for 15 hours and counting in an Arizona juvenile court to discuss his findings in a barn fire.

Maui police recently seized 107 pounds of aerial fireworks, 95 mortar shells and 40,610 firecrackers that were being shipped from the Mainland to Maui through the U.S. Postal Service. In the boxes ...

A New Jersey man was critically injured on Sunday after a mortar firework went off prematurely while still in his hands, according to authorities. The 23-year-old was found semi-conscious and ...

Most fireworks are launched from rows of steel tubes secured in troughs of sand. The tubes, or "mortars," are three times as long as the firework shells but have the same diameter. If a firework ...

GRAHAM, Wash. — A 15-year-old boy is dead after he lit a “mortar-type” firework with his friends during a sleepover in Graham. The teenager was killed after he and his four friends were ...

Just before 1:00 on Sunday morning Colorado Springs Police responded to Oro Blanco Drive, in the northeast part of the ...

They were launchable, mortar-style fireworks that detonate in the air and are considered dangerous explosives, police said. Officers responded immediately, caught the 44-year-old suspect with the ...

After fire crews extinguished the fire, police searched the area and found 20 expended mortar-style fireworks and an additional 24 that had not yet exploded, officials said. Bomb squad detectives ...