One man is facing charges after homemade explosives used to make fireworks were seized from his home in Laurel County.

Investigators say the presence of explosive materials inside the home caused the blast and fire that killed four people on Aug. 3, Franklin Township police said in a statement Tuesday morning.

Explosive materials that caused a deadly house fire and explosion in New Jersey could have been used for homemade fireworks. ... Some of those materials included 74 pounds of potassium nitrate, ...

Nearly three dozen completed explosive devices and materials used to make explosives were found in the possessions of a Pittsburgh man who is ... potassium nitrate and charcoal can be combined to ...

Police: Explosive chemicals found in Squirrel Hill man's home NEWS. A SQUIRREL HILL MAN IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE WEAPONS OFFENSES AFTER BEING EVICTED FROM HIS APARTMENT.

Among the materials found inside a vehicle on the property were 74 pounds of potassium nitrate, 15 pounds of aluminum powder, six pounds of magnesium and about 12 pounds of homemade aerial shells.

A search of the backyard turned up a cardboard box containing "a white granular material believed to be ammonium nitrate or potassium nitrate, a gray powder consistent with flash powder," and ...

The explosive contained rocket fuel and were found at a home on University Avenue. ... Inhalation, ingestion or contact potassium nitrate can cause severe injury, burns or death.

A Laurel County man was accused of burning what Kentucky State Police described as "homemade explosives" Sunday evening.