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UPDATE: This is now being classified as an accident and the cause being the accidental explosion of propane tanks being transported in the vehicle. It remains under investigation.

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Grand Forks Air Force Base - A vehicle that appears to have been ripped apart by an explosion was discovered approximately one mile north of the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota.

Deputies have blocked off the scene. The County Sheriffs department and bomb squad are investigating.

“It’s obvious there was an explosion,” Sheriff’s Department Deputy Andy Schneider said at the scene.

There was no word on whether if the vehicle was occupied at the time of the explosion.

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Editor’s Note: There is no link to terrorism at this time or indication that this is terror related. We will continue to update this story as details become available.

From The Grand Forks Herald

The Grand Forks Regional Bomb Squad was called out tonight to investigate a vehicle damaged by an explosion just north of Grand Forks Air Force Base.

The Emerado Police Department received a report at about 4 p.m. from a passing motorist who saw the burned out vehicle on a gravel road just west of County Road 3 in Mekinock Township.

Emerado police chief Tim Gillespie would not say if anyone was in the vehicle when it exploded or if anyone was injured, but did say that the vehicle’s owners had been contacted.

Staff Sergeant James Croxon, a public affairs representative with Grand Forks Air Force Base said a man was transported to Altru Health System for treatment for what he had been told were non-life-threatening burns.

Croxon said the unidentified man is not a member of the military and it’s unclear if he is a relative of a member of the base.

Croxon said the explosion was not a threat to the base and did not affect any operations at the base.

A state patrol car blocked off the scene and a fire rescue team was waiting nearby tonight.

Grand Forks Sheriff’s Deputy Andy Schneider said at the scene that propane tanks were visible inside the vehicle.

“It’s obvious there was an explosion,” he said.

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