FBI Investigating Mysterious Bucks Co. Explosions

The FBI is involved in the investigation into the rampant and unexplained explosion sounds that have become the talk of Bucks County in recent days.

Carrie Adamowski, a spokesperson with the FBI's Philadelphia office, confirmed that agency is in fact involved in an investigation seeking to determine the source and cause of multiple loud explosions that have baffled the Bucks County community since at least last month.

Adamowski said both the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are involved in the investigation in supportive roles. Pennsylvania State Police is the lead agency in the investigation. Like Adamowski, ATF spokeswoman Charlene Hennessy deferred all questions to Pennsylvania State Police.

The public information officer at State Police's Dublin Barracks, which oversees the area in which the explosions have occurred, has not returned multiple requests from Patch seeking comment on the situation.

The unexplained explosions, some of which have been reported to leave holes in the ground, are occurring overnight, typically in the early-morning hours, sources say. The most recent explosion was heard around 4 a.m. Tuesday, Springfield Township Police have confirmed.

But Bucks County residents from Quakertown to Point Pleasant and even in New Britain Township have reported hearing explosions numerous times over the past several weeks. The resident in New Britain Township told Patch the repeated explosions have left a crack in the wall in her home.

For now, the cause and source of the loud explosions remains undetermined.

Springfield Township Police in a statement Tuesday said their department and surrounding jurisdictions are receiving "multiple" reports of the loud explosions. Federal investigators are now involved "due to the vast area from which the complaints are being reported and the apparent size of the explosions," Springfield Township police said.

Richland Township Police last month acknowledged the blasts in a Facebook post after receiving inquiries from residents. But in an email to Patch Tuesday, Chief Richard J. Ficco said it has been determined none of the explosions actually happened in Richland Township.

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Residents say they've been noticing the blasts for weeks now. The continued inability for authorities to determine what is actually causing them is mystifying residents.

In a recent NBC10 report, multiple residents at the Quakertown Farmers Market were interviewed, saying the random blasts are the talk of the town. And the New Britain resident who has been taunted by the loud sounds for some time now told Patch she's relieved news reports on the explosions have come out because previous complaints to officials in her town went unanswered.

One recent blast over the weekend left a four-foot crater in the ground, Nick Zangli told the Bucks County Herald.

Hours after Patch published a report Monday regarding the mysterious explosions, readers as far as Coopersburg offered numerous accounts of similar experiences, including a few who said they heard the most recent blasting sound on Tuesday.

Some have suggested explosives reported missing last month in Eastern Pennsylvania could be at the root of this, however, officials with the ATF say all those explosives were recovered.

Police are asking anyone who hears a loud explosion in Bucks County to contact their local police department immediately.

"It is imperative that we get the information as soon as possible in order to track these events. If anyone notices anything unusual along the road, on their property, or elsewhere that seems to be from an explosive device, DO NOT investigate yourself," Springfield Police said.

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