Police say a small object exploded Thursday afternoon, causing a fire in a dumpster outside a northwest Oklahoma City gas station. The fire was reported around 4:30 p.m. outside the Shell gas station near Northwest 16th Street and North Portland Avenue. A bomb squad was called to the scene to make sure everything was safe. Vincent Wayne Bishop, 52, was arrested and booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on counts of manufacturing/delivering/possessing toxic substances with intent to engage in terror and manufacturing or possessing an explosive device.

Police say a small object exploded Thursday afternoon, causing a fire in a dumpster outside a northwest Oklahoma City gas station.

The fire was reported around 4:30 p.m. outside the Shell gas station near Northwest 16th Street and North Portland Avenue.


A bomb squad was called to the scene to make sure everything was safe.

Vincent Wayne Bishop, 52, was arrested and booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on counts of manufacturing/delivering/possessing toxic substances with intent to engage in terror and manufacturing or possessing an explosive device.