Federal agents respond after explosion reported in southern New Hampshire

TONIGHT AT TEN. JOHN. WELL, THAT’S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY. BUT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND US HERE, THE ROAD STILL SHUT DOWN AS THE POLICE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. HEARD AN UNBELIEVABLY LOUD EXPLOSION. A NEIGHBOR’S CAMERA CAPTURED THE EARLY AFTERNOON BLAST. STARTLING PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR PIERSON ROAD. IT SOUNDED LIKE ORDINANCE. IT SOUNDED REALLY, REALLY SHARP AND FAST. SHOOK THE HOUSE, RATTLED THE WINDOW PANES, EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF JUMPED. I MEAN, THE HOUSE SHOOK. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS REALLY, REALLY CLOSE. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, BLOCKS AWAY SHOOK DURING THE EXPLOSION. POLICE RESPONDED AROUND 130, SHUTTING DOWN THE ROADWAY AS NEIGHBORS WONDERED WHAT CAUSED THE FRIGHTENING SOUND. I WAS THINKING A HOUSE BLEW UP. PROPANE ACCIDENT. THEY’RE DOING A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE PARKWAY, SO WE DIDN’T KNOW IF THEY HIT A GAS LINE OR IF THERE WAS BLASTING AND WE ALL JUST RAN AROUND. WAS IT SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE? DID SOMETHING HIT THE HOUSE? POLICE SPENT HOURS INVESTIGATING, TRYING TO REASSURE NEIGHBORS AS THEY GATHERED POTENTIAL EVIDENCE. THE AUTHORITIES HAVE INDICATED THERE’S NO ONGOING THREAT, BUT IT’S STILL, YOU KNOW, IT’S STILL A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT’S A LITTLE OFF PUTTING. SO POLICE HAVE NOT SAID MUCH ABOUT THEIR INVESTIGATION HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A CAR, A SEDAN, A WHITE SEDAN WITH A CRACKED WINDSHIELD WAS JUST TOWED AWAY. NOT CLEAR HOW THAT MAY BE INVOLVED HERE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE ROAD STILL SHUT DOWN. WE’RE LIVE IN MERRIMACK

A reported explosion in Merrimack, New Hampshire, has prompted federal agents to respond to the scene.The Merrimack Police Department said officers and firefighters responded to the intersection of Pearson and Grapevine roads shortly before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday after receiving numerous reports of an explosion in the area."I hard an unbelievably loud explosion," said area resident Karyn Merriman. "It sounded really, really sharp and fast. It shook the house and rattled the window panes."When first responders arrived at the scene, they found evidence of a possible explosion, which prompted them to secure the scene and the surrounding area.Home video cameras in the neighborhood captured the sound of an explosion Tuesday afternoon and one of those cameras, mounted on a house blocks away from the scene, shook during the explosion.“A lot of unknowns, but it’s pretty wild to happen in this town — a quiet, quaint town,” one resident told NewsCenter 5 reporter John Atwater.Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been spotted at the scene with local police officers and firefighters.Merrimack police confirmed that the incident is being actively investigated by local, state and federal partners.Police did state that there is no threat to the public and that Pearson Road had reopened Tuesday night.Atwater spotted a white sedan with a cracked windshield that was towed away from the scene late Tuesday night.

MERRIMACK, N.H. —

A reported explosion in Merrimack, New Hampshire, has prompted federal agents to respond to the scene.

The Merrimack Police Department said officers and firefighters responded to the intersection of Pearson and Grapevine roads shortly before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday after receiving numerous reports of an explosion in the area.

"I hard an unbelievably loud explosion," said area resident Karyn Merriman. "It sounded really, really sharp and fast. It shook the house and rattled the window panes."

When first responders arrived at the scene, they found evidence of a possible explosion, which prompted them to secure the scene and the surrounding area.

Home video cameras in the neighborhood captured the sound of an explosion Tuesday afternoon and one of those cameras, mounted on a house blocks away from the scene, shook during the explosion.

“A lot of unknowns, but it’s pretty wild to happen in this town — a quiet, quaint town,” one resident told NewsCenter 5 reporter John Atwater.

Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been spotted at the scene with local police officers and firefighters.

Merrimack police confirmed that the incident is being actively investigated by local, state and federal partners.

Police did state that there is no threat to the public and that Pearson Road had reopened Tuesday night.

Atwater spotted a white sedan with a cracked windshield that was towed away from the scene late Tuesday night.

Federal agents respond after explosion reported in southern New Hampshire

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