A Nashville police officer who went knocking door-to-door o evacuate residents moments before the Christmas Day bombing said he "heard the voice of God" as he headed towards the RV.

On Christmas Day, a bomb hidden inside an RV detonated in the American city of Nashville.

It had stopped in the middle of the street and began to play an eerie countdown along with the song Downtown by Petula Clarke.

Three people were injured by the blast but the casualty list could have been a lot more if brace Metro police hadn’t of risked their lives to warn people door to door.

Officer James Wells, who has been with the the force for just 21 months, said on Sunday December 27 "Christmas day will never be the same."

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Mr Wells, along with 21 officers had tried to evacuate the area, but he was headed toward the RV when the bomb detonated.

He told press he was walking toward the vehicle when he "heard the voice of God" and turned around to walk toward another officer.

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The officer was Amanda Topping, who was standing alone on the street.

Moments later, the explosion went off, and Mr Wells, who temporarily lost his hearing in the blast, credited the voice for allowing him to return home to his wife and children.

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Topping grew emotional recalling how she thought she might have lost her whole unit in the explosion, but one-by-one they responded over the radio and she knew they were at least alive.

Police Chief John Drake said: "Officers responded to a shots fired call. Unknowing anything else at the time, they began hearing announcements that something was about to detonate coming from an RV.

"Immediately they didn't think about their own lives, they didn't think about protecting themselves, they thought about the citizens of Nashville that protected them.

"They went about knocking on doors, and had they not made their efforts, we'd be talking about the tragedy of people and lives lost."

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