FBI officials responded to an explosion at a FedEx sorting facility near San Antonio, Texas, early Tuesday morning. One woman suffered a minor injury from the explosion that took place inside the sorting facility.
The FBI’s San Antonio Field Office tweeted that they responded with special agents from the Houston ATF Field Office to an explosion at a FedEx facility located in Schertz, Texas. Schertz is located a few miles northeast of San Antonio, near Randolph Air Force Base.
Officials told reporters that a medium size package exploded inside the sorting facility in Schertz. There were about 75 people inside the facility at the time of the explosion that occurred shortly after midnight Tuesday morning, KENS CBS5 reported. The CBS affiliate said one woman received a minor injury from the impact of the blast. Officials treated her at the scene.
The package originated in Austin and was addressed to be delivered back to Austin, KENS reporter Charlie Cooper stated. An FBI agent told the CBS reporter that “it’s more than possible” that this explosion is connected to the four bombs that have exploded in the Austin area this month. Those bombs killed two people and injured four others.
On Monday, Austin Interim Police Chief Brian Manley called the bombs the work of a “serial bomber,” Breitbart Texas reported.
The box reportedly exploded while moving along the conveyor belt. A woman was “slightly injured” from the impact of the explosion, Cooper reported. EMS responders treated and released the woman at the scene. All of the employees are being detained inside the perimeter so that FBI and ATF agents can question them for more information. Details about the bomb, including whether or not it contained shrapnel, have not been released.