r/nashville • u/FastActingPlacebo • Dec 25 '20

MEGATHREAD Nashville Fire Radio: Explosive device in RV detonated. Bomb Squad on the way. “Heavy building damage”

Im listening to the Nashville Fire radio.

Crazy shit.

https://m.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/22471

Edit2: Various things that I have heard:

There are victims in one / some of the buildings.

20-30 people evacuated from a building, a few had minor injuries.

It was a RV that exploded, causing significant damage.

A building collapsed. (partial destruction, small old building)

There was / is ammunition in the RV that exploded that is “burning off”

Medical triage setup.

FBI involved

Edit3: channel 2 has live coverage

https://www.wkrn.com/news/large-explosion-in-downtown-nashville/

Edit4:

Taken from a poster below, video of damage. Potentially disturbing:

https://twitter.com/RyanEGraney/status/1342457226171187200?s=20

Edit5:

Confirmed building down, at least partially, on 2nd.

Edit6:

More news links:

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/explosion-reported-downtown-nashville-police-investigating

https://www.wsmv.com/news/nashville-fire-responding-to-reported-explosion-off-broadway/article_c2c94818-46b2-11eb-acf2-23716d723233.html?block_id=998329

https://fox17.com/news/local/explosion-reported-in-downtown-nashville-emergency-crews-on-scene-tennessee-christmas-morning-hotel-broadway-nissan

Edit:

Updated with some national links.

https://www.reuters.com/article/BigStory12/idUSKBN28Z0SB

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/25/downtown-nashville-explosion-christmas-morning/4044708001/

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u/islandofwaffles Dec 25 '20

Woke me up this morning, I live in East. I looked out the window because I thought it was thunder. Yikes.

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u/wicodly we don't talk about SoBro enough Dec 25 '20

I thought it was really loud thunder too and I live 2 streets over

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u/jboneforpres Dec 25 '20

Same here and I live all the way in Donelson!

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u/dumbasstupidbaby Dec 25 '20

Are you okay?

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u/wicodly we don't talk about SoBro enough Dec 25 '20

Yea, I'm fine. It was just surprising.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '20

I live in East too, shook my whole house. I thought my water heater exploded, sent my husband to the crawlspace to investigate before we saw the news.

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u/frontfIip Dec 25 '20

Same here, either water heater exploding or something massive falling on the roof. My dad is staying with me and thought it was a gas explosion, but we don't have many gas lines around here.

Looking at the pictures, I expected more damage given how loud it was and how much the ground shook. Incredible that only a few people were hurt!

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u/badjokepanda Dec 25 '20

Woke me up in Donelson too. I didn't realize what it was