A smouldering Midsummer bonfire on Kulonmaantie in Nokia reignited on Saturday, sparking a small wildfire that residents contained before firefighters arrived.
A mosquito repellent started a terrace fire at a Parkano cottage in early June, prompting insurer Lähitapiola Pirkanmaa to warn that smoke-based repellents and torches can ignite summer homes.
A car crashed into the wall of a detached house on Kauppakuja in Ylöjärvi early Friday; one person was seriously injured and taken to hospital.
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Tamperelainen reports the city approved €2,950 in compensation after a person slipped on ice on Kyttälänkatu on 21 December and suffered a broken wrist.
Pirkanmaa District Court sentenced a 20-year-old man to 3 years and 8 months for two child rapes in Tampere in 2025; the victims were aged 15 and 14 and the court also convicted him of voyeurism and possession of a sexual image of a child.
Firefighters extinguished a rubbish fire inside an old sealed cave beside Nuolialantie on Sunday evening after passersby reported smoke, the Pirkanmaa rescue department said.
A criminal investigation into Uros Oy, the former naming sponsor of Tampere’s arena, has uncovered nearly €38 million in suspected losses and is being sent for prosecution.
Pirkanmaa district court sentenced 29-year-old twin brothers to five-month suspended prison terms for bookkeeping offences, debtor dishonesty and tax fraud after diverting more than €65,200 from their construction company.
The Pirkanmaa lead fire inspector urges Tampere-area residents to avoid balcony barbecues and use electric grills, warning that fires can spread through building structures and are hard to extinguish at height.
Niko Ranta-aho and a relative are charged with aggravated tax fraud linked to concealed dividends from Spanish property companies, with the trial opening Tuesday at Helsinki District Court and alleged illicit gains of “hundreds of thousands of euros.”
The Turku Court of Appeal has quashed a criminal conviction in a case where a man stole a Tokmanni company card from the Nokian Red Cross and spent nearly €40,000 in November 2024.
A 19-year-old has been charged with attempted murder after a March stabbing outside a restaurant near Tampere Central Square; the suspect has a long violent criminal record and the trial is set for Pirkanmaa District Court on 9 June.
About 2,400 people were redirected from their primary domestic violence shelter to another in Finland in 2025, up from roughly 1,300 in 2024, THL data show.
An intensified three-week police patrol in central Tampere from May 4–24 removed 268 disruptive people and encountered 38 wanted suspects.
YLE reports that a man from Pirkanmaa bought struggling properties in several shrinking Finnish towns for token sums, then stopped paying housing-company costs and utilities, pushing housing companies into bankruptcy and leaving residents homeless.
A 25-square-metre trash shelter on Resiinankatu was found fully alight on Tuesday evening; firefighters classified it as a medium-sized fire and no injuries have been reported.
Pirkanmaa District Court largely dismissed manslaughter and injury charges after a July scooter crash in Pirkkala that killed a 15-year-old; the driver was convicted only of endangering traffic and fined €240.
A man has allegedly harassed and threatened several women on Tampere buses this spring, prompting multiple police investigations and nearly 20 reports to the transit operator.
The Turku Court of Appeal has upheld a life sentence for 29-year-old Eetu Venäläinen for the October killing of an older man in a Nekala apartment, court records show.
Tampere plans to close the Pispala–Santalahti footbridge and its elevator tower at night after repeated vandalism, including large stones used to smash doors and break stair treads.