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Explosion In Nutley, NJ

NUTLEY, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- State and federal authorities were investigating a small explosion Friday that damaged a car but did not injure anyone.

The blast occurred around 1:30 p.m. in a parking lot between a single-family home and an apartment building, authorities said, but neither structure sustained much damage.

Lt. Steven Rogers, a Nutley police spokesman, said federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms officials believe the bomb was a small, homemade device made up of household chemicals in a glass bottle.

Rogers said his department received several 911 calls from residents who heard the explosion and saw a plume of smoke on the east side of town. A car in the parking lot was damaged, but authorities said the explosion apparently did not occur inside the vehicle.

State police, the ATF and counterterrorism officials were all investigating.

http://www.1010wins.com/pages/37801.php?

Saw the Nutley, NJ story...

Found these too. Also small, homemade bombs in parking lots within a day or two.

BTW...the small explosion in Jersey damaged the front end of a car and destroyed a good chuck of the concrete curb.

Here are the other stories:

Small explosion - Texas campus
http://www.baytownsun.com/texasstory.lasso?
ewcd=1a0ec26b68aaaef1

In Tennessee:

Authorities probe homemade bomb

By Our Press Services
May 15, 2006
LEXINGTON -- Authorities are investigating a homemade bomb that
exploded beneath a car in a parking lot near several baseball fields
where little leaguers were playing.
The explosion happened around 4:15 p.m. Saturday in this city about
25 miles east of Jackson. No one was hurt, including a person
sitting inside the car. The car sustained minor damage, said
Lexington Police Chief Roger Loftin.

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He said the explosive device was sent to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for analysis, and that no other
devices were found when authorities did a sweep of the area.
Loftin said one of his investigators was coaching at a nearby field
and heard the explosion.

"He said it sounded like a car backfiring," Loftin said.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/midsouth_news/article/0,1426,MCA_
1497_4699090,00.html
Arkansas

In Nevada:
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20060512/NEWS/105120089/-1/rss02

And then there's this from Canada...

Canadian Press
Published: Saturday, May 13, 2006 Article tools
Font: * * * * QUEBEC (CP) - Police are looking for a Canadian
Forces soldier after an explosion ripped apart an apartment earlier
this weekend.

Officials say traces of military explosives were found in the
building. Police believe the soldier was in the apartment at the
time of the explosion, but he has not been seen since.

No one was injured in the Friday night blast, and the damage was
contained to the one apartment in the building.

Police suspect the soldier was based at Canadian Forces Base
Valcartier, located just outside of Quebec City.

CFB Valcartier says it will not comment on the incident until police
complete their investigation.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f25ee6da-
704b-409b-8898-ceaf1038bdb4&k=15245

These days I don't like coincidences...