Explosion - Cape Canaveral, FL -- morning of Sept. 1, 2016

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

                                   

NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast occurred Thursday morning (September 1, 2016. The test, considered routine, was in advance of a planned Saturday launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
“It appears ... the entire rocket exploded,” a source told CBS News space consultant William Harwood.
Buildings several miles away shook from the blast, and multiple explosions continued for several minutes. A cloud of dark smoke filled the overcast sky.
The Brevard County Emergency Management Office described the incident on Twitter as a “catastrophic abort” and said there was no threat to the general public.