![]() ![]() Scott Sweetow, the former director of the FBI's Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center, said the blast may have been the result of a "fuel-air explosion," which is caused by the ignition of a fuel and air mixture. Witnesses have told authorities that the vehicle launched into the air when it hit the fence and then exploded when it landed, a law enforcement source tells CBS News' Pat Milton. Preliminary federal government assessments and law enforcement sources indicate that the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit a curb, leading it to crash through a fence and a Customs and Border Protection inspection area, where it caught fire and exploded. Hochul said a border patrol officer who was in the customs station suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital, treated and released. Out of abundance of caution, CBP temporarily suspended inbound/outbound traffic at 3 other Buffalo crossings that have since reopened. The official said it hit the customs station.ĬBP is working closely with federal, state & local partners in response to a vehicle explosion at Rainbow Bridge which remains closed. ![]() law enforcement official told CBS News the car was coming from the U.S. There had been conflicting early reports about which direction the car was traveling, but Wednesday afternoon a senior U.S. border crossing with Canada, in Niagara Falls, New York, Nov. A Customs and Border Protection officer watches as a vehicle burns at the Rainbow Bridge U.S. She added that pieces of the car were scattered over 13 to 14 border security booths. Hochul said the vehicle was "incinerated" by the crash, with nothing remaining intact but its engine. "The matter has been turned over to the Niagara Falls Police Department as a traffic investigation," the FBI said in a statement. Kathy Hochul said in a news conference Wednesday that at this time "there is no sign of terrorist involvement" in the "horrific" explosion.įBI Buffalo on Wednesday night said it had concluded its investigation of the incident and found no explosive materials or "terrorism nexus." It is not yet known why the car exploded, but New York Gov.
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