{"id":300958,"date":"2026-07-20T19:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300958\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:14:18","slug":"explosion-outside-new-york-federal-building-in-manhattan-apparently-caused-by-fireworks-sources-say-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300958\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion outside New York federal building in Manhattan apparently caused by fireworks, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdef.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/s\/e\/untitled.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"1240\" data-lb-height=\"698\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2539820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/untitled-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy smoke was seen outside 26 Federal Plaza after an explosion caused by fireworks, sources said. \\ CBS<\/p>\n<p>An incendiary device went off outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan Monday morning, and a suspect has been taken into custody, police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened outside 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses dozens of agencies including the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.<\/p>\n<p>The sound of an explosion had authorities running to the steps leading into the building. They found a man with an airsoft rifle, carbon dioxide cartridges, halogen lighting and a helmet.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary information indicates fireworks in a garbage can exploded, senior security sources told CBS News. The fire department responded to put out flames, and a man was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>The assault was an anti-ICE attack, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was carrying two types of guns that could be realistic-looking BB guns or airsoft guns, according to preliminary information. One of the two was some type of long gun carried in a grocery cart, law enforcement sources told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>The sources said an initial review found no shots were fired.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the scene showed heavy smoke in front of the building and law enforcement arresting a man.<\/p>\n<p>Police said people should expect traffic delays, mass transit disruptions and road closures near Worth Street and Lafayette Street. They are urging people to avoid the area.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy smoke was seen outside 26 Federal Plaza after an explosion caused by fireworks, sources said. \\ CBS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[61420,18624,745,75,84,83,9,24,63,8818],"class_list":["post-300958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-custody","tag-explosion","tag-investigation","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-suspect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300958","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=300958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}