They set up an exploding target - a type of device blamed for starting at least two dozen fires across the west last summer - and fired at it, causing a loud boom, and a huge smoke-like cloud. The ...

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. The party, which took place on 31 May ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government said Thursday it is collecting $168,500 to cover fire suppression costs after an Illinois man ignited a 440-acre blaze in central Idaho in 2012 while ...

FLORENCE — The wildfire that displaced two mountain lion cubs late last month in the Sapphire Mountains was caused by an exploding target detonated by a target shooter in a state wildlife management ...

The force of the explosion from an exploding target can also launch debris at high speeds that can seriously injure or kill bystanders, the Forest Service has warned. Two years ago, a woman in Ohio ...

Two Pennsylvania Game Commission Food and Cover Corps employees were injured on Monday, Oct. 1, while responding to a burning target backstop at a shooting range on State Game Land 183 in Palmyra ...

DENVER – The U.S. Forest Service announced a ban on exploding targets Monday, citing them as a major cause of wildfires. Shooters who use exploding targets have ignited 16 wildfires since last year, ...

Exploding targets are prohibited across the Forest Service’s Northern Region after regional forester Faye Krueger signed a closure order citing public safety concerns and the potential for igniting ...

Residents in the Black Hills Fire Protection District were fortunate to have experienced only a few wildfires last year and none that got out of hand. Nonetheless, the threat of wildfires is always ...

NORTH BLENHEIM - Following a public hearing last Tuesday the Blenheim Town Board adopted a local law drafted by Supervisor Shawn Smith, to ban the use of exploding targets in the town. The law, which ...