One person was killed after an enormous fire Monday night at a suburban Detroit warehouse known to stock combustible materials ignited explosions, shook homes and rained down debris as far as a mile away, officials and residents said.
Emergency services were called at 8:50 p.m. Monday to a building in Clinton Township shared by a business named Goo and a distribution company named Select Distributors.
On its website, Select Distributors says it supplies novelty items and phone accessories to dollar stores, and sells vape products, nitrous oxide and CBD oils. Goo calls itself a smoke shop and sells tobacco, smoking paraphernalia and other items, according to NBC affiliate WDIV of Detroit.
The fire sent debris flying into the air and coming down as far as a mile away from the explosion site, the Clinton Township Police Department said.