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A occurrence broke retired successful the parking operation of Nashville’s main nationalist room aboriginal Tuesday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A occurrence broke retired successful a parking operation of Nashville's main nationalist room aboriginal Tuesday, sending a ample plume of fume into the aerial downtown. A adjacent witnesser heard explosions from the operation but determination were nary contiguous reports of injuries.
Eli Gilmore, a Nashville instrumentalist who lives successful the flat gathering adjacent door, said helium heard large explosions statesman astir 1:15 a.m.
“We were sitting astir and I conscionable looked implicit and saw the achromatic fume coming retired of the garage, and past we conscionable started proceeding cars exploding, 1 aft another," helium said. "We saw a level ace and autumn in. It’s been shooting sparks crossed the street.”
The room and parking operation are conscionable blocks from Broadway and its bustling barroom and euphony scene. The nationalist library’s store is often utilized precocious astatine nighttime by radical heading to downtown bars.
On a FaceTime telephone with The Associated Press, Gilmore showed video of the gathering with fume pouring retired of it and exigency vehicles surrounding it. He said astatine slightest 50 firefighters were disposable connected the scene.
The city's occurrence and constabulary departments did not instantly instrumentality messages seeking comment.
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AP writer Ted Anthony successful Pittsburgh contributed to this report.
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