Vehicle explosion rocks Nashville on Christmas, police call it an 'intentional act'

Debris litter the road near the site of an explosion in the area of Second and Commerce in Nashville, Tennessee. Picture: Elliot Anderson/Tennessean.com/USA Today Network via Reuters

A parked motor home exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning in what police described as an “intentional act,” and fire officials reported taking three people to hospital but none were critically injured.

Police initially responded to an emergency call of “shots fired” in the downtown tourist area about 6 a.m. CST (1200 GMT), when they reported seeing the vehicle, said Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron, without specifying what made it suspicious.