Pittsburgh police investigating explosions in Lawrenceville, Hill District

Tom Davidson
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 11:09 p.m. | Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 11:09 p.m.

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Courtesy of Pittsburgh Police

Authorities are investigating an incident Sunday night after an incendiary device was thrown from a moving vehicle between 35th Street and 40th Street in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood.

Courtesy of Pittsburgh Police

Pittsburgh police are looking for a white pickup in connection with an explosion in the 3600 block of Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.

Courtesy of Pittsburgh Police

Pittsburgh police are looking for a white pickup in connection with an explosion in the 3600 block of Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.

Courtesy of Pittsburgh Police

Pittsburgh police are looking for a white pickup in connection with an explosion in the 3600 block of Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.

Pittsburgh police were investigating explosions Sunday night in the city’s Lawrenceville and Hill District neighborhoods.

Police and firefighters went to the 3600 block of Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville in response to reports that an improvised explosive device was thrown from a moving vehicle just after 9 p.m.

A parked vehicle was damaged, but no one was hurt, police said.

Police were looking for a white pickup.

ALERT:

Please avoid Penn Avenue between 35th St. and 40th St. as the Fire Investigation Unit and the Bomb Squad investigate an incendiary device thrown from a moving vehicle.

A parked car was damaged. There were no injuries.

The investigation is ongoing. pic.twitter.com/v9tfH6kpMi

— Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) January 4, 2021

Police were also investigating reports of a possible explosion in the 200 block of Dinwiddie Street in the Hill District just after 10:30 p.m.

Police were reviewing video footage from the second incident.

Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call police at 412-323-7800.