Emergency crews responded at about 7:30 a.m. to a hazardous-material incident on Turpiininkatu beside Museokeskus Vapriikki; the area has been secured and authorities are investigating.
Tampere will add surveillance cameras to Tammerinpuisto next summer after reports that parents were advised to avoid the park, the city says.
YLE files from 2024–2025 show a sharp rise in violence against Tampere early childhood educators, documenting incidents from kicks and scratches to objects thrown and a reported broken rib.
A house fire broke out on Marmorikatu in Tampere on Monday; no one was home and a neighbour's quick call helped stop the blaze from spreading.
Police say the investigation into a September 19 stabbing in Koskipuisto is nearing completion after a 27-year-old suspect was remanded on probable grounds for attempted murder.
A special prosecutor is reviewing footage showing a police officer pointing a gun at a man who opened an unmarked police car's door in Tampere's Villilä; the man is not suspected of a crime.
More than 200 youths turned up uninvited to a 16‑year‑old’s house party in Tampere on Saturday, causing extensive property damage and prompting a police complaint.
A moose was put down after colliding with a car on Pirkanmaantie near the Hautaantie intersection in Sastamala early Monday; the driver was checked at the scene and the car towed.
A patron who repeatedly defaced Hervanta Library has been banned from all Tampere city libraries for 15 days to protect staff, visitors and the collections while services continue.
Thick black smoke from a fuel-powered auxiliary heater on a docked boat at Kekkosenkatu prompted a rescue response in Tampere on Sunday.
A car caught fire inside a repair shop in Lempäälä at about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday; firefighters extinguished the blaze and no one was injured.
Last October jobseekers were asked to attach passport or ID copies to applications for a fake Tampere restaurant; police say the recruitment site was created using AI and traced the operation to West Africa before the probe was closed.
Police ask the public to look for a bald, bearded man and an Audi A7 last seen in Tampere on 12 October; the car was later spotted on Highway 3 near Hattelma in Hämeenlinna.
A woman was given a suspended one-year-four-month sentence after forwarding nearly €130,000 in a scam where an impostor posed as a Finnish rock musician; the Pirkanmaa court ordered her to pay more than €100,000 in compensation.
A Pirkanmaa court has sentenced Toni Valtteri Ruokosuo to five years in prison for attempted murder after he struck a victim repeatedly with a wooden plank, causing life‑threatening skull fractures and interrupted breathing.
Pirkanmaa District Court remanded a 33-year-old man on probable cause as the third suspect in a fatal incident at an apartment in Kaukajärvi; prosecutors must bring charges by 7 January.
A fire started inside the wall of a roughly 1,000 m² industrial hall in Hervanta on Tuesday afternoon while workers were drilling; crews quickly contained the blaze and two workers were checked for smoke exposure.
A building fire broke out in Hervanta at 12:30 on Wednesday; firefighters responded and no injuries have been reported.
Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a man in his 40s accused of killing a person in a Sastamala apartment on 1 August after beating them for hours and repeatedly striking them with an electric guitar.
A moose was killed after being struck by a car on Valkeakoskentie in Lempäälä Wednesday morning; the vehicle's occupants were uninjured.