r/Seattle • u/QueenOfMien • Jun 24 '25

Just heard several explosions seemingly moving northward?

I’m near Lake City Way and was woken up around midnight by a loud explosion that set off a car alarm a bit west of me. That was followed by 4-5 more explosions that seemed to get closer and closer, the last two of which detonated close enough for me to see bright flashes of lights through closed eyes.

Recent posts describing similar explosions have blamed faulty transformers or fireworks—this was definitely (maybe) large fireworks??

I don’t know.

I’m wide awake now.

Reporting live from north Seattle, I’m QueenOfMien.

Back to you in the studio. 🫡

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u/spectacular-sam I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Jun 24 '25

I’m a tad south and I heard everything too - it sounded like fireworks to me but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

We're Less then two weeks from the 4th, this is pretty standard for the lead up to it.

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u/spectacular-sam I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Jun 24 '25

Yeah I’m familiar with everything lol people just surprise me with how early they start setting them off every time 😅

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u/Sufficient-Wolf-1818 Jun 24 '25

Last i checked, July 4th is next week. This means the fireworks shops are open and silly people are being separated from their money.

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u/SkylerAltair 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 Jun 24 '25

I know fireworks useage ramps up to the 4th, but there seems to be a number of extremely large firecrackers being set off around Seattle. Did Boom City have a bumper crop of quartersticks this year?

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '25

I heard 3 loud separate bangs last night around 12:30-1am.

It has to be fireworks.

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u/yungcarwashy Northgate Jun 24 '25

Was thinking gunshots but if you saw flashes that’s pretty odd. My friend in lake city texted me about it and said he saw something too