BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Fairfield man has been charged with bomb-making and possession of explosives after police found a shipping container filled with fireworks in vacant lot in Bridgeport.

Police say 40-year-old Ronald Cascone was arrested after they found him Friday night with the container and a van that also contained illegal fireworks near the corner of Herbert and Lindley Streets.

The FBI alerted local authorities after receiving a letter that said there was a container with “”enough explosives to blow up two city blocks” in the area.

The vacant lot is near the city’s Emergency Operations Center.

Cascone faces 141 counts of illegal possession of an explosive device, manufacturing bombs, and other weapons charged. He was released after posting $25,000 bond, and is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday.