Posted on 10/07/2004 10:01:13 AM PDT by Calpernia
— Early Thursday morning, a car blew up near a home in Weehawken, New Jersey.
Authorities say the victim appeared to be sitting in the driver's seat when the car exploded in front of 76 Hackensack Plank Road just before 7:00 a.m.
People nearby say they heard a loud explosion and saw a large, dark plume of smoke shoot up from the car. The blast was powerful enough to blow out nearby car windows, and it sent debris flying onto nearby homes.
Authorities say the blast may be tied to some sort of ongoing domestic dispute.
"It's my understanding - initially, preliminarily - that it's a domestic dispute of some type," said state police spokesman Sgt. Kevin Rehmann said. "There's evidence that there may have been explosives involved."
The explosion happened on a winding road, near homes overlooking the Lincoln Tunnel. Authorities stress it was not in any way related to terrorism.
Firefighters put out the flaming car and taped off the street to investigate.
"powerful enough to blow" + New jersey ? ask the governor.
Good work! Now, kindly look into the possibilities of Big Foot and the Loch Ness monster as being responsible.
Anyway, the NY Slimes says that the explosion was not terrorist-related:
By 9 a.m., though, it was clear that the explosion was not some Qaeda strike but an accident.Law-enforcement officials said a 27-year-old sheet metal worker, Giles Lison, was sitting alone in his Volkswagen parked up the street from his home when the car exploded. They said it was most likely that the blast was caused by a leaky tank of acetylene, a highly flammable compressed gas used in welding, that was found in the back seat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/08/nyregion/08blast.html?pagewanted=all
That is a reliable source, no?
sec.gov + Soros Fund Management lends an interesting insight to the NY slimes :))
Ah Soros.....you are going down :)
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