On 14 January 2025, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a hotel on Interstate Boulevard in Anderson County and found an IED following reports of a 40-year-old man who was unconscious and in possession of a firearm. Deputies found the IED, described as a sparkler bomb wrapped together with electrical tape, underneath a mattress. Additionally, deputies found 15 grams of methamphetamine. No additional details on the IED or its disposal were released. The suspect was arrested and charged with possession of a destructive device, among other charges.

On 13 January 2025, the Bozeman Police Department (BPD) received a report of an explosive device that was found at Meyer’s Lake in Bozeman. The device was an IED described as a glass carboy used for beer making, filled with gasoline that had a fuse attached to pyrotechnics inside and out. The device was partially burnt and appeared to have failed to function. According to BPD officers, the device was “an attempt to make homemade fireworks.” BPD officers removed the device without incident.

On 15 January 2025, at approximately 1030 hours local time, a Eureka High School official notified the Eureka Police Department after they found suspected exploding target material on a dashboard of a student’s vehicle parked near the high school on Del Norte Street in Eureka. Police responded and confirmed that the item was exploding target material and called the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team to assist. A search warrant was obtained, and authorities removed the exploding target material.

On 11 January 2025, at approximately 2200 hours local time, the Lisbon Metropolitan Public Security Police Command (LMPSPC) responded to the Venezuelan Consulate General building in Lisbon following reports of an unknown suspect throwing an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, at a wall of the building. The LMPSPC set up a perimeter, called the fire department, and referred the case to Portuguese judicial police. A shutter sustained minor damage from the flames, and no injuries were reported.

On 9 January 2025, at approximately 0435 hours local time, Calgary Police Service (CPS), Calgary Fire Department, and the CPS arson unit responded following a report of a fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on the 10900 block of 24th Street Southwest in Calgary. At the scene, officers discovered an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, that had been thrown through a window of the building, igniting a fire. Fire crews extinguished the blaze, and no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.