New York Explosion: 1 in Custody After Blast at Port Authority Bus Station

CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 12/11/2017, 7:52 a.m.
An explosion struck the Port Authority bus terminal at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue on Monday morning, the New York …
Police are responding to reports of a possible explosion on the A, C and E subway lines near 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue, New York Police Department Sgt. Brendan Ryan said Monday December 11, 2017. The trains are being evacuated, he said./Instagram

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN

(CNN) -- An explosion struck the Port Authority bus terminal at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue on Monday morning, the New York Police Department said in a tweet.

The station is one of the busiest commuter hubs during rush hour.

The the A, C and E subway lines are being evacuated, NYPD Sgt. Brendan Ryan said.

One person is in custody, according to two NYPD sources with direct knowledge of the situation.

Preliminary information, according to two law enforcement sources, one local and one federal, indicates a pipe bomb may have unintentionally exploded. The person in custody appears to be injured, according to the federal law enforcement source.

Another New York police source says a man in custody may have set off a device, injuring himself.

Francisco Ramirez said he heard two explosions as he was exiting a bus about 7:45 a.m. ET. He heard both blasts distinctly even though he was wearing headphones.

"From what I saw it sounded like it came from the subway, but I'm just guessing," he said. "It was two distinct explosions seconds from each other. As I was making my way toward the outside, I kept getting shoved by cops and there were cops at every entrance blocking and there was police and SWAT everywhere.

"It was scary. It was just a lot of chaos but I didn't see any injuries."

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