I work in a building right across the street from this location. The building has been “abandoned” for several years (i.e. nobody comes and goes it’s just storage). In addition, the city had already condemned the building (it’s currently sporting several signs showing that is in fact condemned).
Regarding the noise of the bang, I thought that someone dropped a filing cabinet upstairs. My co workers walked right by the building on their way to work without a second glance. At first we couldn’t figure out why all the fire trucks and police and TV were hovering around until we read the reports in the media. Yea, we know something happened because of the windows blown out, but you couldn’t see the back wall from our office.
They were clearing out some items from the building on Friday. Let’s see what Monday brings…