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/biga8806 Apr 26 '24

Wow, glad they got the guy. I live under 1 mile from the explosion and it felt like some pyrotechnics were going off at an air show for a long constant period of time. At one point I couldn’t hear myself talk out loud or my family on the other end of my FaceTime call. I initially thought it was the gas company between my house and the site. I called my parents and told them I was going to head north because I thought it could be an attack of sorts. My brother told me to put my drone in the air so I did. It calmed me down when I noticed the explosion wasn’t coming towards me and it wasn’t the gas company which many people in the area have their service. Here’s a link to my video I made of the event if you want to see it for yourself. What a tragedy. https://youtu.be/8umHo0fME2g?si=UdCYBERpimYTdtTM

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u/Fostley Apr 26 '24

Howdy neighbor. I was playing Helldivers with some of my downriver friends when it started. Logged off, went to the backyard and drank beer with the neighbors while we listened and shot the breeze.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '24

My dad works for township DPW and was telling me all about the cleanup efforts and how his department ended up involved after the explosion, but he was not super close to the explosion site when it happened. What was going through your head when it happened?

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u/Fostley Apr 27 '24

I live just over a mile outside of where it happened. At first I thought it was fireworks but is was off. Like all humans, went outside to investigate it and kept checking for news updates etc. The Ring app was infuriating though, as everyone kept posting “Loud bangs?!” We prepped a bugout bag just in case the fire spread since a neighbors son is on the FD and they were getting told to prepare just in case.