New Delhi, May 20 -- A car caught fire and exploded on Tuesday evening (local time) in Lower Manhattan, sending thick black smoke into the air near the Charging Bull statue in New York.

ABC7 reported that police and firefighters responded to reports of a car fire near Broadway and Stone Street around 5:42 pm.

Footage from the scene showed a vehicle believed to be connected to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) parked along the roadside before it was rapidly engulfed in flames, while bystanders waited for firefighters to arrive.

Crews managed to put out the fire shortly before 7 pm. Authorities confirmed that no injuries were reported, and the cause of the blaze is still being investigated.

The blast sent heavy sm...