http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/Explosions-reported-near-Boston-Marathon-finish-line/-/11971628/19757044/-/ktnc1wz/-/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

It's on all the news networks, go to CNN or the local cable channel for the live news. The live shots were pretty gruesome (Alot of blood on the ground), and CBS just showed a photo of runners approching the finish as a fireball can be seen literally seconds before it happened (Cannot find a link yet),

So far, mostly injuries and no deaths (hopefully) reported. No cause known yet.

Update: Some http://deadspin.com/explosions-reported-at-the-boston-marathon-473008941 of the explosion (pre and post) from a Reddit poster (WARNING: Graphic Images)

Update 2: New video shows that the two explosions were a block from each other, 15 seconds apart.

Update: Some http://deadspin.com/explosions-reported-at-the-boston-marathon-473008941 of the explosion (pre and post) from a Reddit poster (WARNING: Graphic Images)

... What the hell.

Blimey none of the news report sound hopeful.

_{Hopefully just some random accident.}

Why would the news reports sound hopeful?

Hopeful in a bad way, I assume. What I mean is that it was just some freak accident, not a deliberate attack on a major event.

I learnt that event with this thread. I meant I was hoping for "minor explosion" and "just a few lightly wounded is all".

I saw this on iFunny first and hoped it was a stupid joke. Apparently not .

Holy poop that looks horrid. Hope the injured people recover alright.

Yea this first.

Absolutely horrible.

Update: New video shows that the two explosions were a block from each other, 15 seconds apart.

Too coincidental, if you ask me...

Any evidence of this being a terrorist attack or a gas line explosion?

Not at the moment. IMHO, a gas line explosion would be a BANG BANG split second deal, this was a block apart, 15 seconds apart.