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Authorities Investigating Reported Explosion On Downtown Mall In Charlottesville, Virginia
breaking911.com ^

Posted on 09/17/2016 7:14:51 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Charlottesville Fire Department is now investigating a reported explosion on the Downtown Mall.

The local fire chief says there was no fire or smoke from the reported explosion near the Downtown Mall between 3rd street and Water street.

(Excerpt) Read more at breaking911.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bombing; charlottesville; explosion; mall; virginia
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To: Red in Blue PA

Someone got overheated.

NEEDED WATER.

No big deal, sheesh..!!


21 posted on 09/17/2016 7:24:49 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Cementjungle

OK, thanks. Those can be loud when they blow. Especially when confined.


22 posted on 09/17/2016 7:24:58 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Red in Blue PA

An underground explosion and Dominion Power was called in.

Sounds like an underground substation blew. That’s alarmingly common in DC, and this might be one, too.


23 posted on 09/17/2016 7:25:53 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Red in Blue PA

It looks like this one was a transformer explosion, not a bomb. No injuries.


24 posted on 09/17/2016 7:26:14 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (The 2nd Amendment immediately follows the 1st because some people are hard of hearing...)
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To: Cementjungle

May have been a transformer.


25 posted on 09/17/2016 7:26:23 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: gaijin

I remember early in the London Tube Bombings:

The reporters all admonished that the events were the product of AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION.

Repeatedly they stressed there was no connection to terrorism.


26 posted on 09/17/2016 7:26:25 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Texas Fossil

People are a little jumpy these days


27 posted on 09/17/2016 7:26:50 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: polymuser

[Just hearing that a St. Cloud, MN mall has shooters now]

http://kstp.com/news/st-cloud-police-crossroads-mall-report-shooting-stabbing/4267007/?cat=1


28 posted on 09/17/2016 7:26:52 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: TADSLOS

I actually think this helps Trump. He as much as predicted it.


29 posted on 09/17/2016 7:26:58 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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To: Haiku Guy

Coincidental, no?


30 posted on 09/17/2016 7:27:05 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: TADSLOS

Expect to see more of this across the nation as the election gets closer. Voter intimidation and suppression designed to help Clinton.


Wrong! Things like this help Trump.


31 posted on 09/17/2016 7:27:52 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

What this clearly shows is that we need to outlaw pipe bombs (NJ, NY) and outlaw knives (MN)/s


32 posted on 09/17/2016 7:28:16 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Poster at Conservative Tree House reports 2nd explosion at the mall. No link yet


33 posted on 09/17/2016 7:28:29 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Multiple stabbing and shooting victims in St Cloud. This one sounds like gangs.


34 posted on 09/17/2016 7:29:15 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Red in Blue PA

Meanwhile the democrats beg for more islam trash on our dime...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVq_X-lvhsw&list=RDhTg3yTAK694&index=4


35 posted on 09/17/2016 7:29:26 PM PDT by soycd
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To: dynachrome

Charlottesville UPDATE via #iAWACS - transformer caused blast in downtown mall. No injuries. Stayin on NYC.


36 posted on 09/17/2016 7:29:37 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: dynachrome

“SECOND EXPLOSION ON DOWNTOWN MALL IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, about 25 minutes ago. I heard that one myself! NOTHING on local yet. Read about it on the TennGOP twitter feed above.”


37 posted on 09/17/2016 7:29:46 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: jennychase

Thanks, but:

http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2016/09/17/reports-several-hurt-crossroads-center-incident/90607870/

A major police presence is responding to the Crossroads Center mall tonight after an incident that was reported about 8:30 p.m.

Officers from St. Cloud, Waite Park, Cold Spring and the Minnesota State Patrol, as well as Gold Cross ambulance and St. Cloud Fire Department crews are on the scene.

Shortly before 9 p.m., a St. Cloud police officer with an assault rifle could be seen near the west entrance of Macy’s. Other officers were searching shrubbery near the mall with flashlights, according to Times staffers on the scene.

Unofficial reports from the scene say there may be multiple gunshot and stabbing victims.


38 posted on 09/17/2016 7:31:37 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: laplata

My thinking as well.
Commoners in the US and Europe are rising up against untrustworthy establishment “leaders” like Clinton and Merkel.

RE: “Things like this help Trump.”


39 posted on 09/17/2016 7:31:50 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: KC_Lion

Yeah Charlottesville is only Jefferson’s hometown — Barbary pirates...Muslims...


40 posted on 09/17/2016 7:32:03 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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