Explosion in Nashville Captured on Video, Pic of RV Used Released, 'Human Remains' Found

As we reported earlier, someone blew up an RV with explosive in it in front of an AT&T building in downtown Nashville this morning, Christmas Day.

The massive explosion caused a lot of destruction over multiple city blocks blowing out windows and damaging buildings.

Part of the reason was because the police had evacuated many of the people who were there before the bomb went off. They were already in the area because of reports of shots being fired and a suspicious RV that had a recording announcing that people should evacuate the area, that a bomb would be going off.

BREAKING: Audio warning was being broadcast before explosion rocked downtown Nashville. Video shows moment of blast. pic.twitter.com/3IvciFH6BV

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 25, 2020

The bomb went off in front of an AT&T data center, knocking out phone service to Nashville and the surrounding area, as well as 911 service in several cities, up to 180 miles away.

From AP:

“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,” AT&T spokesman Jim Greer said in an emailed statement.

The AT&T outages site showed service issues in middle Tennessee and Kentucky, including Bowling Green about 65 miles (105 kilometers) north of Nashville. Several police agencies reported that their 911 systems were down because of the outage, including Murfreesboro and Knox County, home to Knoxville about 180 miles (290 kilometers) east of Nashville.

Now police are publishing a picture of the RV that was used and blew up in the bombing. According to the police, it arrived in the area around 1:30 a.m. the night before.

BREAKING: This is the RV that exploded on 2nd Ave N this morning. It arrived on 2nd Ave at 1:22 a.m. Have you seen this vehicle in our area or do you have information about it? Please contact us via Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463 or online via https://t.co/dVGS7o0m4v. @ATFHQ pic.twitter.com/JNx9sDinAH

— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) December 25, 2020

There are also reports breaking now that “human remains” were found near the explosion.

#Nashville Law enforcement sources tell @CBSNews they have found what appear to be human remains near the site of the explosion. They have not indicated whether remains are from someone connected to explosion or from innocent victim +
intelligence source tells #CBS @PatMilton14

— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) December 25, 2020

there had been no prior chatter or credible threats picked up regarding an attack by known extremist groups during Christmas holidays anywhere nationwide including Nashville. In fact source said threat level nationwide was assessed as LOW for holiday https://t.co/vwQNyfjIWC

— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) December 25, 2020

It’s not clear if it’s a victim or possibly the bomber.

Here’s video of the warnings but also including the actual moment of explosion.