TED ANTHONY and JONATHAN MATTISE.

A fire broke out in the parking garage of Nashville’s main public library and forced evacuations at a nearby hotel. A witness reported hearing explosions from the structure early Tuesday that were possibly from vehicles as smoke poured out of the garage. Fire officials said there were no reports of injuries. A fire chief says the blaze went all the way across the fourth floor and damaged vehicles. Eli Gilmore, a Nashville musician who lives in the apartment building next door, said he heard loud explosions begin around 1:15 a.m. He said he saw “cars exploding, one after another,” and “a floor crack and fall in.”