Multiple Explosions In Pittsburgh Being Probed

Pittsburgh PA

04 January, 2021

7:54 AM

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PITTSBURGH, PA — Pittsburgh Police are investigating two explosions that occurred in Lawrenceville and the Hill District on Sunday night. The fire investigation unit and bomb squad were both called to the scene in Lawrenceville after an incendiary device was thrown from a moving vehicle and damaged a parked car in the 3600 block of Penn Avenue at around 9 p.m. A second explosion occurred in the 200 block of Dinwiddie Street in the Hill District at around 10:30 p.m. No one was injured in the blasts. Police are looking for a white truck in connection to the Lawrenceville explosion. It is unclear if the two incidents are related. Anyone with information on the explosions is asked to call police at 412-323-7800. Police are searching for the truck below in connection with an IED thrown at a parked car in the 3600 block of Penn Ave. just after 9 p.m. They are also investigating reports of an explosion in the 200 block of Dinwiddie Street just after 10:30 p.m. Info? Call (412) 323-7800. https://t.co/qa9LrscurP pic.twitter.com/ij11nH6rMr— Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) January 4, 2021