{"id":238381,"date":"2026-05-20T19:25:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238381\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:25:40","slug":"car-explodes-in-lower-manhattan-billowing-smoke-fills-sky-on-video-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238381\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Explodes in Lower Manhattan, Billowing Smoke Fills Sky, on Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:TMZ;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"TMZ\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"60\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-03\/49991ec0-05b0-11f0-abff-4537e45db568.jpeg\"\/><\/a>Updated Wed, May 20, 2026 at 5:29 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"732\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/6d51dd4522caae6e534edcc402c8771f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Car Explodes in Lower Manhattan, Billowing Smoke Fills Sky, on Video<\/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>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><img alt=\"Instagram\/@smartwavelessons\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/a7c88dcea752da41ec1f480f5030120a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram\/@smartwavelessons<\/p>\n<p>The fire department told <a data-ylk=\"slk:ABC News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/car-catches-fire-explodes-charging-bull-statue-lower-manhattan\/19136622\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">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":"Updated Wed, May 20, 2026 at 5:29 PM UTC Car Explodes in Lower Manhattan, Billowing Smoke Fills Sky,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[68253,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-238381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-black-smoke","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\/238381","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=238381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}