0 Someone tried 'to blow up' BPD cruiser, police say

BOSTON - A Boston police cruiser was set on fire sometime Friday morning, according to police.

There were no reports of injuries, but police say it happened just outside the Boston Police substation on West Broadway in South Boston.

Bomb squad, investigators on scene after BPD cruiser set on fire @fox25news pic.twitter.com/MQfr4YiyQN — Kathryn Burcham (@KathrynBFOX25) January 20, 2017

According to police, it was reported around 8:22 a.m.

“Certainly we’re looking at it as a deliberate act,” Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said at the scene Friday morning.

He explained an officer driving by saw fire near a police cruiser next to the station and pulled over to investigate.

"The side of the vehicle started to go up in flames -- it looked like some sort of propane tank," Evans said.

According to Evans, right after police moved the cruiser, the tank exploded.

“Clearly someone set this deliberately to blow up one of our cruisers,” said Evans.

Arson investigators and the BPD bomb squad were called in to investigate.

"Just really grateful that no one got hurt," Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said.

Noting it is Inauguration Day, he added, "I'm hoping nothing is connected here."

Officer evacuated to hospital for precaution. He's a 30 yr veteran and assigned to Fields Corner division. Was in vicinity during explosion — Kathryn Burcham (@KathrynBFOX25) January 20, 2017

FOX25 has obtained photos of a person the Boston Police Department would like to speak to and a vehicle that was seen in the area at the time of the incident.

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