Explosives being sold at local stores may lead to injury or death, and the FBI has issued a warning. They're called exploding targets which basically are chemical-filled jars being used for more ...

San Diego County will receive $150,000 in penalties and compensation from a firm that sells potentially hazardous exploding targets for shooting enthusiasts, under terms of a legal settlement annou… ...

At a press conference announcing the ban on exploding targets in certain national forests, it released a video showing a bale of hay catching fire after an exploding target was shot.

Lowry said exploding targets are far more expensive and more difficult to detonate than many other common products like gasoline, fertilizer or propane, which one could also easily buy.

Exploding targets have been associated with dozens of wildfires, including one sparked during a gender-reveal party that burned 47,000 acres and caused more than $8 million in damage.

Target shooting and restricted ‘exploding targets’ have caused five fires in Oregon since May, state officials said, adding that some people should brush up on ...

An explosive device set off at a gender-reveal party ignited a wildfire and resulted in the expectant parents being charged a $500 fine, according to authorities.

Federal land managers on Wednesday banned exploding targets used by shooting enthusiasts from 12 national forests in four Western U.S. states, saying the devices could spark wildfires and are a ...

LEWIS COUNTY, Wash. -- Exploding targets, like the one that sparked a spring wildfire in Lewis County, are a growing concern for state fire investigator Aaron Schmidt.

A month before the Boston Marathon bombs, the FBI put out a warning that the chemical "exploding targets" used by recreational rifle shooters could be used to fuel homegrown improvised bombs.

A commonly used exploding target was involved in setting off the 46,000-acre Sawmill Fire on state trust land south of Tucson, the Star has confirmed.