Officials identified the man who set a fire outside a federal building in Manhattan as a former U.S. Army soldier and an \

Early reports suggest the explosion came from fireworks inside of a garbage can.

The FBI said Andrew Arrabaca “came armed with bad intentions” and is “an anti-American, anti-government extremist.”

The buildings are home to major government entities, including a federal immigration court and an ICE field office.

One person was taken into custody after deploying an \