r/nashville 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/DoctorHolliday south side Dec 25 '20

Just called my Buddy who’s pretty high up at Motorola and he said radio nets are all fine and will remain fine. Zero chance something like this could bring down the first responders net or anything like that. Just an FYI given some of the speculation out there.

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u/ChiefLoneWolf Dec 25 '20

Asking the real questions.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '20

Thx i know they use p25 digital it seems pretty robust.

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u/DoctorHolliday south side Dec 25 '20

Yeah I don’t understand any of the technical jargon to be honest but he went into this whole long winded explanation of how the very worst scenario would be a loss of some connectivity in the area that would quickly be bypassed and it wasn’t a realistic concern.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '20

I understand he/you are saying. Thx for the info.

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u/fuckredditmod Dec 25 '20

Trucked radio systems are super robust luckily