Posted on 03/05/2024 3:12:32 AM PST by CFW
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A fire raging at an industrial facility caused multiple explosions that rocked suburban Detroit on Monday night and sent debris shooting far into the air, prompting police to implore residents to stay inside.
The debris fell as far as a mile (1.6 kilometers) away, the Clinton Township Police Department said on Facebook. Authorities said they didn’t know exactly what was burning or the potential health effects from it.
“We can not stress enough the danger that is happening right now,” one police post said. “Please, please, please stay inside and out of the vicinity.”
Police said the fire was burning near 15 Mile Road and Groesbeck Highway. News helicopter videos showed a massive, bright orange area of fire with bursts of flames within the blaze that looked like explosions.
Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel told WDIV-TV late Monday that the explosions started around 9 p.m. at the Select Distributors plant and that Clinton Township officers and firefighters immediately responded.
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Industry? what kind? my tin foil hat is receiving messages
I had to chuckle while watching the report on the local news this morning. They warned people to stay away from the area but they never said exactly where it was in Clinton Twp.
5 miles away from where I lived in Michigan decades ago. Been back two times since then. I don’t plan on going back any time soon. Lots of industrial and supply chain companies there when I lived there. That particular area was a lower class area. Not necessarily a welfare area, just a bunch of hard working hourly workers in small homes. Groesbeck highway is what I used to take to head over to Gratiot hwy to drag race in the late 70’s and 80’s. Can’t imagine the noise from the rice burners and their mufflers nowadays.
“Select Distributors is a wholesale supplier of novelties, phone accessories and other merchandise to discount stores, dollar stores, wholesalers and other stores, according to its website.”
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/multiple-explosions-reported-in-clinton-township
This piece says this... “Select Distributors was the cause of the fire, according to preliminary information from police; it sells nitrogen tanks – which exploded rapidly.”
Looks like a white gas container- for use in camping or remote cooking.
CC
Must be the same as mine because when I read headlines like this, my first thought is *NOT an accident*.
The Detroit Free press piece says that “Select Distributors facility at 19100 15 Mile Road.” https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2024/03/04/explosions-clinton-township-groesbeck/72846780007/
When doing a streetview of this address, this is just a regular retail outlet... just a bit bigger than the Dollar Palace next door.
If nothing else, this sure will give me pause for thought when going near a distributer of “vapes, CBD products, hookahs, lighters etc... Here is what Select Distributor’s website says they sell..... https://sdwsale.com/
Well, since we are talking Michigan, and Dearbornistan is very close to Detroit, maybe it was a Hamas weapons cache belonging to all those uncommitted Biden Voters??
Getting a jump on Devil’s Night.
Breaking Bad?
180° the other side of the city in the NE suburbs...
Makes me wonder if they may have had a meth lab in the back….
Industry? what kind?
It was a distributor of cannabis/vaping paraphernalia, etc…
Who knows what else they were storing in there; the constant explosions sounded like military bombing.
My sisters family lives nearby. They thought the SHTF and panicked. They grabbed their four dogs and drove the hour north to spend the night with us.
Good to know that my bro in law, when the S really DOES HTF, will just flee, leaving his guns and ammo but taking the pets….
2 miles from where I used to live before Jenny Granholm blew me away. We go back a couple times a year to see family and friends.
You’re right about the area.
In other words just a typical day/night in the Detroit area.
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