A recreational vehicle unleashed a massive explosion in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning after blaring a recorded warning to evacuate, and authorities were investigating the incident as an “intentional act.”
About 20 buildings were damaged, three people were injured and phone service and 911 emergency calls were disrupted when AT&T facilities were damaged.
Nashville Police Chief John Drake said investigators had found tissue near the explosion that “could be” human remains but had not confirmed any fatalities as of Friday afternoon.
Drake said police were responding to a report of shots fired when they encountered a recreational vehicle blaring a recording that said a potential bomb was to detonate in 15 minutes, prompting a fast evacuation.
“Shortly after that, the RV exploded,” Drake said.
Hours after the blast, AT&T reported that some phone services and 911 emergency calling were suffering outages in Tennessee and in some neighboring states.
“Service for some customers in Nashville and the surrounding areas may be affected by damage to our facilities from the explosion this morning. We are in contact with law enforcement and working as quickly and safely as possible to restore service,” Jim Greer, an AT&T representative, told the Tennessean newspaper.
MNPD, FBI & ATF investigating the 6:30 a.m. explosion on 2nd Ave N linked to a vehicle. This appears to have been an intentional act. Law enforcement is closing downtown streets as investigation continues. pic.twitter.com/YOfMTaKmTH
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) December 25, 2020
More likely a Domestic Act.
Blasting gun fire then warnings from the speaker then blows up a central AT&T office shutting down cell phone service in several south east states just after the FBI switches from Verizon all tied to Dominion as well… strange times we’re living in there’s a covert battle going on
It was local and a suicide. Cant we stop screaming terrorism each and everytime something happens domestically? We r coming up on 20 years in September 2021. 20 years and the fear and expense (trillions) it has cost all of us.