{"id":217977,"date":"2026-05-03T00:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T00:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/217977\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T00:26:11","slug":"disgruntled-ex-employee-drives-car-full-of-explosives-into-portland-multnomah-athletic-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/217977\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgruntled ex-employee drives car full of explosives into Portland Multnomah Athletic Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

A disgruntled former employee was killed early Saturday after slamming a car packed with explosives into a luxury athletic club in Portland, Ore., causing millions of dollars in damage.<\/p>\n

The ex-worker, who has not been publicly identified, reportedly used a rented Nissan Rogue packed with propane tanks and pipe bombs in the fiery incident at the Multnomah Athletic Club.<\/p>\n

The man drove around the athletic club and detonated the bombs, some of which failed to explode, and \u201ccompletely destroyed\u201d its first floor, The Oregonian reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"CrimeA disgruntled former employee drove a car full of explosives into a luxe Portland athletic club. KPTV<\/p>\n

Emergency responders extinguished the blaze around 3 a.m., and the Portland Police Department is investigating. The driver was found dead inside his car.<\/p>\n

\u201cPPB\u2019s Explosive Disposal Unit responded after evidence of an explosive device was found in the vehicle,\u201d The Portland police said in a statement. <\/p>\n

The Multnomah Athletic Club, which was founded in 1891, announced it would remain closed as authorities conducted their investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MAC will remain closed until further notice to allow law enforcement to complete its work and for our team to assess the damage,\u201d the club said in a statement on its website.<\/p>\n

The MAC boasts of being the largest athletic club in America, with more than 21,000 members, and individual dues are $280.11\u00a0a month and $422.34 per month for families.<\/p>\n

\"PoliceThe club\u2019s first floor was destroyed in the blast. KPTV<\/p>\n

Its multi-story main clubhouse features swimming pools,\u00a0tennis courts,\u00a0exercise studios,\u00a0a weight room,\u00a0and multiple ballrooms, according to its website.<\/p>\n

MAC General Manger Charles Verton told members that no employees or members were injured in the attack. <\/p>\n

Members of the club were asked to avoid the area while authorities investigated.<\/p>\n

The first floor of the club housed a restaurant, lounge, retail store, and event spaces, which overlook the city\u2019s Providence Park. <\/p>\n

Photos from the scene show caution tape blocking off the road and police cars lined up outside the sprawling facility. <\/p>\n

The assault came less than a month after another vehicle crashed through the front entrance of the athletic club on April 8. A security guard was injured in that crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A disgruntled former employee was killed early Saturday after slamming a car packed with explosives into a luxury…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5357,544,9,11,10,21607,9423,58],"class_list":["post-217977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-attacks","tag-fires","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-oregon","tag-portland","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}