By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Three explosions rocked the Saudi capital Riyadh around midnight Saturday, and smoke could be seen rising from the area of the blast, diplomats said.
The diplomats said there was one big explosion at about midnight, followed by two smaller ones 15 seconds apart. Police cars raced toward the direction of the blasts, which appeared to have happened in the western part of the city.
An American Embassy spokeswoman confirmed the explosion, but said it was not in the diplomatic quarter. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, and it wasn't known if there were any casualties.
Almost all the foreign embassies in Riyadh � including the U.S. Embassy � and most diplomats' homes are inside the quarter, an isolated neighborhood whose entrances are guarded.
But there are several residential compounds housing Western business people relatively near to the diplomatic quarter on the city's west side.
A western diplomat said he got a call from a friend who reported seeing smoke rising from a building on the other side of the diplomatic quarter near an area where the palaces of the royal family's senior princes are located.
The Al-Arabiya television network said an explosion shook a building in west Riyadh, but it did not give a source for its information or provide footage.
American diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia were closed Saturday for an undetermined period amid warnings that a terror attack could be imminent in the tense Gulf kingdom.
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