AN EXPLOSION HITS TEXAS LATE TUESDAY

A sixth explosion was reported in the city of Austin, Texas late Tuesday (Mar 20), following a series of blasts that have so far killed two people, authorities said.

Emergency officials said they were responding to a reported blast in the southern part of the state capital city. 

Local media reported that the explosion was at a Goodwill thrift store.

The spate of blasts that began in early March has been mostly contained to Austin, the state capital with a population of nearly one million where two people have been killed and several more injured.

But just after midnight on Monday a package exploded at a FedEx distribution facility in Schertz, outside San Antonio.

Although there were no serious injuries in that incident, officials say the attacks are related.