Bomb Exploded In St Louis High Rise

[Mrs. Sharon B. Hodge]

Dozens of people have been evacuated from 190 Carondolet Plaza and surrounding businesses - by kgosling on ksdk. com








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Exploding Box Injures Man in Clayton Parking Garage
High-Rise Evacuated
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KSDK
Oct 16, 2008

KSDK -- A high-rise building at 190 Carondelet Plaza in Clayton has been evacuated following an explosion that injured a man

PHOTO GALLERY: Evacuation
Clayton Police Chief Tom Byrne confirmed that an incendiary device went off at 11:05 a.m.
in the parking garage of the office building, seriously injuring one man

The chief said that the victim was a 69-year-old resident of a building located at 190 Carondelet, which shares the parking garage with an office building to the west. The condos are high end that is home to dozens of well heeled and well known St. Louisans like developer Stan Kroenke and restaruantuer Lester Miller. Prices range from a half million to more than $3 million. He said no other devices were found in the area and that the FBI and ATF are on the scene assisting in the investigation.
The chief said that the victim's car was parked in an assigned parking space

The chief said no suspects were in custody and he did not speculate on a motive.
He refrained from describing the severity of the victim's injuries

The parking garage is secure, according to a man who visits there.
The parking spaces are assigned, and that may be a big leade for police as the try to find out why the explosive was placed

Tenants in the office to the west of the garage include the law firm Husch-Blackwell-Sanders, almost 300 lawyers work in the building also a tenant the Olin Corporation, which makes ammunition and winchester guns

A man named Michael Hart said his boss saw the explosion. Hart said his boss watched a man pick up a box next to a car, and then the box exploded, setting the man on fire.
Hart said that witnesses helped put out the flames and get help for the victim

Witnesses on the scene also told Newschannel 5's Kasey Joyce that they were told it could be several hours before they are allowed back inside the building

Stay with Newschannel 5 for continuing updates on this story throughout the day

http://www. ksdk. com/news/local/story. aspx?storyid=157702

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Man Injured When Package Explodes In Parking Garage
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MyFox
16 Oct 2008

http://www. myfoxstl. com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7659442...

By Roche Madden & Bonita Cornute


CLAYTON, MO (KTVI-myFOXstl. com) --
Clayton Explosion Injures One Man
By Roche Madden

A bomb blast rocked a Clayton parking garage and the office and condo buildings next to it around 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
A 69-year-old man was injured

Police say the bombing victim picked up a package by his car when the bomb went off

Witnesses say the man was bloody and burned.
But authorities say he did not suffer any life threatening injuries

Hundreds of people were evacuated from nearby buildings, including The Ritz Hotel

FBI and ATF agents and police from across the area converged on the scene

The St.
Louis County Police Department is now in charge of the investigation

Bomb sniffing dogs checked the area for any more possible bombs

Police say the victim told them he does not have any enemies.
Police are also talking with the victim's family members

The parking garage is public, but the explosion occurred on the sixth floor where people have assigned parking spaces

The 69-year-old man is a resident of the condo building which has some high-priced units

Police are not releasing many details about the victim. They have no suspects.
Detectives are not sure if the man was the intended victim

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Workers Displaced By Explosion
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By Bonita Cornute


The day ended early for hundreds of people who work in the Carondelet Plaza complex

Those workers thought they were going to get back to their desks Thursday, but they soon learned the building would not be safe for their return until Friday

Cell phones turned out to be lifelines for displaced workers. Many of them, like Tim Simpson with The Sound Room, heard the explosion, “As I was walking I heard a loud boom, like a metal plate being dropped.
Something like that”

Hundreds of people work in the offices above the parking garage. Tenants in the building include accountants and law firms, like Husch-Blackwell-Sanders.
Two hundred attorneys and another 100 legal assistants were forced outside

Joe Nassif with Husch-Blackwell-Sanders explained, “We get paid for our time and if we can't be at our desks, we can't bill any time.
But the biggest impact, we're concerned for the people involved and the injuries”

Steve Hall, with America Transportation, is based in the nearby Ritz Carlton, “I came here to get my log for the next trips and unfortunately they evacuated the building”

Erich Steinbock, the manager of the Ritz, says more then 200 guests and 120 employees were evacuated. But hotel executives say safety is more important then lost revenue, “That's the last thing of our worries now. We will see how it comes out.
We will do whatever it takes to make everybody feel as comfortable as possible, we'll worry about the money later”

Many workers had to walk several flights to the lobby

Nassif said, “The person in charge of our evacuation was advising us to leave and as we were walking down, there was blood in the stairway”

One of the evacuated workers said she had to leave so quickly she didn't have time to grab her purse or the keys to her house. That probably happened to a lot of them.
But they all managed to find transportation home.