{"id":237997,"date":"2026-05-20T14:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/237997\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:07:43","slug":"car-explodes-in-lower-manhattan-billowing-smoke-fills-sky-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/237997\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Explodes in Lower Manhattan, Billowing Smoke Fills Sky, on Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          New York City Nightmare<br \/>\n                          Fiery Car Explosion in Lower Manhattan On Video<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 20, 2026<br \/>\n                            6:49 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260520_9639378d19f14945a9ea7bdcb3d6f99d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:25d29ace-1693-4310-a398-a0f7f5560fee\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9639378d19f14945a9ea7bdcb3d6f99d_md.png\" alt=\"052026_car_explosion_primarypng\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Things got fiery fast in Lower Manhattan Tuesday evening &#8230; when a vehicle burst into flames and exploded just steps away from NYC&#8217;s iconic Charging Bull statue.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look &#8230; wild video from the Wall Street district shows thick black smoke pouring into the sky as the car &#8212; which appeared to be affiliated with the MTA &#8212; sat engulfed in flames near Broadway and Stone Street.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Onlookers gathered around the chaotic scene &#8212; many pulling out their phones to record as the fire intensified before FDNY crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The fire department told <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/car-catches-fire-explodes-charging-bull-statue-lower-manhattan\/19136622\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABC News<\/a> firefighters responded around 5:42 PM and battled the blaze for more than an hour before finally getting it under control shortly before 7 PM.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion sent smoke billowing through the financial district &#8230; turning heads near one of New York City&#8217;s busiest tourist hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>So far, no injuries have been reported, and there&#8217;s been no word about what sparked the fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Nightmare Fiery Car Explosion in Lower Manhattan On Video Published May 20, 2026 6:49 AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-237997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237997","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=237997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}