A reader has just sent word that a "van just exploded into a fireball, a door flew off and hit a cop car. No one was inside." The tipster, who emailed this photo, tells us this is happened on 38th Street and Lexington Avenue. When pressed for more details, he replied, "I got nothing to offer man. Here's to Fridays! Have a good one." More on this as it comes in, but last year, cabs suddenly burst into flame in Midtown.





The Cuban Mission is located at the NE corner of 38th and Lexington, and there is a police booth outside it manned 24/7. Any possibility of some anti-Castro types making a statement, or is it all just a coincidence?