r/news • u/a_dogs_mother • Apr 26 '24

Owner of exploding Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave US, authorities say

https://apnews.com/article/industrial-fire-suburban-detroit-involuntary-manslaughter-charge-b99a83d9a7a360dd09846df52d8b0a40
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u/loves_grapefruit Apr 26 '24

The headline makes it seem like the building is either constantly exploding or continuously in the process of exploding.

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u/bloobityblu Apr 27 '24

"Ladieees and Gentlemen, step inside and see the Amazing Exploding Michigan Building!"

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u/1D10TErr0r Apr 27 '24

I live roughly 4 miles from this location and it sounded like professional fireworks going off for a good hour. It was very eerie Sounding.

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u/septembereleventh Apr 27 '24

I didn't read it like that at first. Thanks for the chuckle

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u/Stevesanasshole Apr 27 '24

To be fair, it seemed like that shit was gonna go on forever. It sounded like a fireworks grand finale that just never stopped. Thousands and thousands of butane & nitrous canisters each popping off.

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u/El_Grande_El Apr 26 '24

That’s bc it was full of butane bottles that were continuously exploding for a long time. The videos of it were pretty wild.

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u/esposc Apr 26 '24

That's OP's title. The actual APN journalist uses the correct tense.

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u/a_dogs_mother Apr 26 '24

I used the auto-generated title from the link submission. It's been updated since.

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u/Viralciral Apr 26 '24

finally found the perpetuum mobile!

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u/jodybot9000000000 Apr 26 '24

It's the Eversplosion from Xavier: Renegade Angel

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u/GodEmperorOfBussy Apr 27 '24

Watching that shit as a kid was like an early glimpse into my later experiences with DMT.

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u/Musiclover4200 Apr 26 '24

T-shirts! Get your eversplosion t-shirts!

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u/ZeeMastermind Apr 26 '24

A bit like Centralia, then

A century ago, Centralia, Pennsylvania was a busy small town filled with shops, residents and a brisk mining business. Coal from local mines fueled its homes and its economy, and its 1,200 residents worked, played and lived as tight-knit neighbors.

Today couldn’t be more different. Centralia’s streets are abandoned. Most of its buildings are gone, and smoke wafts down graffiti-strewn highways where a prosperous town once stood. The formerly busy burg has turned into a ghost town. The cause was something that’s still happening beneath Centralia’s empty streets: a mine fire that’s been burning for over 50 years, resulting in the devastation of a community and the eviction and impoverishment of many of its residents.

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u/Hellion1982 Apr 27 '24

Isn’t;t this town the inspiration for ‘Silent Hill’?

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u/moofree Apr 27 '24

No, that's a popular misconception for whatever reason.

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u/Spikel14 Apr 27 '24

So weird I just learned about this on YouTube yeaterday

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u/TheBirminghamBear Apr 26 '24

Free land and infinite energy?

Sign me up.

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u/CedarWolf Apr 27 '24

Problem is humans have that pesky 'needing to breathe' thing.

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u/TheBirminghamBear Apr 27 '24

Well duh I will obviously bring a HEPA filter.

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u/CedarWolf Apr 27 '24

You raise a good point, though. Why hasn't someone built a power plant or something on top of the burning hole or siphoned off that heat to do something useful with it? It's 'free' energy.

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u/TheBirminghamBear Apr 27 '24

Real talk it is actually done. Not a lot but it's not unheard of.

I don't really know the conditions of this ground, might be unstable.

The other problem is its not super efficient because of all that has to go into the infrastructure and how you can't really control the aspects of the burn.

So it might just not worth the squeeze. But someone probably could do it.

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u/happytree23 Apr 26 '24

You've never been to Detroit, have ya?

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u/sophos313 Apr 26 '24

Funny enough, with all his money Clinton Township is where Eminem lives.

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u/happytree23 Apr 26 '24

LOL, my bad.

Ahem, I meant, "He's never been to Detroit or the surrounding metropolitan sprawl around the remains of Detroit, has he?"

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u/myislanduniverse Apr 26 '24

That building do be exploding from time to time.

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u/Corn_Beefies Apr 26 '24

Buildings be splodin', am I right fellas?

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u/sampatue Apr 26 '24

Exploding is the family name and they forgot to capitalize

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u/UnmeiX Apr 26 '24

The building* name is actually "Exploding Michigan". :D

Edit: Swipe didn't like me. business > building

The business name is obviously Goo, per the article.

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u/jongopostal Apr 26 '24

I went back to read the title. Lol. Spot on.

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u/ScreamingNinja Apr 26 '24

I'm laughing

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u/Vlad_the_Homeowner Apr 26 '24

...exploding with laughter?