No, there were no permits issued for that asshole to store all that flammable material. It was understood that vaping products and accessories were to be sold and stored there, and the permits were only issued for that.
Another potentially dangerous item was stored there - knives. Cleanup crews and cops found zillions of open knives at all sorts of distances from the blast.
One of the canisters flew straight into the windshield of a fire truck, which is how that firefighter was hurt.
I watched local news stories about it while it was still burning, and saw some of the many explosions. They’d put it up on yt right away, 'steada waiting for hours as they do with most stories.
It also stunk to high heaven for miles, which understandably worried people w/respiratory problems. Local police told folks to stay indoors and make sure everything was closed up tight.
Bonus:
Commerce Township, where this dickhead lives, is the Detroit area’s version of Badger’s Drift from Midsomer Murders. People get into all kindsa BS there. An acquaintance of my BF’s lived there, and had to call the cops on their next door neighbors for various forms of harrassment, some of which bordered on terrorism. Said neighbor’s garage exploded not long after the last time he’d called the cops on them. Yes, it was a meth lab. The cops searched the house & found tons of guns, some of which had been pointed at their neighbor and his family.
I’ve seen local news stories abt Commerce Township-ites being busted for meth labs that didn’t explode, gun stockpiles, large quantities of cocaine, money laundering, and lots of other even worse unpleasantries.
