By Bill Galluccio
Dec 25, 2020
Officials said they have found possible human remains near the site of an intentional explosion in Nashville, Tennessee. The remains have been sent to the medical examiner s office to be examined.
Downton Nashville was rocked by the blast around 6:30 a.m. on Christmas morning when a recreational vehicle exploded in what authorities said was an intentional act. Three people were injured and were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers from the Metro Nashville Police Department responded to a call of shots fired about an hour earlier and found the RV parked in front of an AT&T transmission building. The RV was playing a recorded message warning that a bomb would go off in 15 minutes. The officers contacted the bomb squad and began to evacuate the surrounding area.
‘This vehicle will explode in 15 minutes’: Witnesses describe surviving Nashville explosion
Betsy Williams recalls being awoken just after 4:30 a.m. Friday by what sounded like gunfire from an automatic weapon.
(Credit: Buck McCoy)
by: Paul P. Murphy, Travis Caldwell and Steve Almasy, CNN
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Dec 25, 2020 / 09:08 PM EST
(CNN) Betsy Williams recalls being awoken just after 4:30 a.m. Friday by what sounded like gunfire from an automatic weapon.
After Williams called 911 and police cordoned off Second Avenue in downtown Nashville, a “computerized message” from a parked RV captured her attention.
“Evacuate now,” Williams remembers the female voice saying over and over again.
RV that exploded in Nashville broadcast a message warning of imminent blast, police say
Derek Hawkins, Paulina Firozi and Michael Kranish, The Washington Post
Dec. 25, 2020
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1of3Police block off Nashville, Tenn. s Broadway while investigating an explosion Friday, Dec. 25, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by William DeShazerShow MoreShow Less
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Hours after a recreational vehicle exploded in downtown Nashville, Tenn., on Christmas morning, law enforcement officials - still without a suspect or motive for the blast - surveyed a devastated landscape including more than 40 damaged businesses, three people hospitalized with injuries, and disruptions to Internet and cell service. Authorities grounded planes and the mayor imposed a nighttime curfew on the busy historical district near the blast si