House Explosion In SW Detroit
Firecrews were cleaning up Thursday afternoon in Southwest Detroit, after a house explosion. Investigators said they think there may have been a problem with a gas line, but that’s only preliminary....
View ArticleHouse Explosion Leaves One Injured
HAMTRAMCK (WWJ) – A massive explosion leveled a house in Hamtramck. The blast happened Saturday afternoon on Norwalk. Police report that one person was severely burned and taken to the hospital....
View ArticleHouse Explodes In Pontiac
PONTIAC (WWJ) – Pontiac Fire Department on the scene of a house explosion on South Shirley Street north of Auburn Road, near Woodward and M-59. It’s a two-story home. One wall crashed into a...
View ArticleHouse Explodes On Detroit’s West Side, Two Nearby Burn
DETROIT (WWJ) – Investigators are examining what’s left of a west side Detroit home after an apparently natural gas explosion leveled it and burned two others. Reporting from the scene on Faust Street...
View Article2 Hurt In Muskegon County House Explosion
MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP (AP) – Authorities say a house explosion in West Michigan has seriously injured two people. The Muskegon Chronicle reports the blast about 4 a.m. Monday leveled the one-story home in...
View ArticleHouse Explodes On Detroit’s East Side
DETROIT (WWJ) - Arson investigators suspect squatters may be responsible for an explosion on Detroit’s east side Wednesday morning. WWJ’s Ron Dewey reports the explosion happened at a home on the...
View ArticleCourt: Installers Had No Duty To Warn Of Hazard That Led To Explosion
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that the installers of an electric dryer had no legal duty to warn a metro Detroit woman about an uncapped gas line that eventually caused her...
View ArticleHouse Explosion Rocks West Side Detroit Neighborhood
DETROIT (WWJ) – A home on Detroit’s west side is barely standing following an explosion Sunday evening. WWJ’s Ron Dewey, reporting from the scene, says it’s amazing the house — on Plainview between Joy...
View ArticleExplosion Levels Royal Oak Home, One Killed
UPDATE 2/28: Cause Of Royal Oak House Explosion Under Investigation ROYAL OAK (WWJ) - At least one person was killed and a house was destroyed in an explosion Wednesday afternoon, near Woodward Ave....
View ArticleFeds Investigate Cause Of Fatal Royal Oak House Explosion
UPDATE: New Details In Royal Oak Home Explosion ROYAL OAK (WWJ) - Federal authorities have joined the investigating into the cause of an explosion that leveled a Royal Oak home, killing a man and...
View ArticleAttorney: Utility 1 Inch Away From Second Explosion In Royal Oak
ROYAL OAK (WWJ) - A Farmington Hills attorney says last week’s house explosion in Royal Oak came close to becoming a much larger disaster. Stuart Sklar represents the family of 58-year-old Daniel...
View ArticleConsumers Energy Halts Projects Statewide After Deadly Explosion
ROYAL OAK (WWJ/AP) - Consumers Energy says it has halted projects throughout Michigan that involve the same drilling method used before a house explosion that killed a 58-year-old Royal Oak man....
View ArticleConsumers Energy Workers Fired After Deadly Blast
ROYAL OAK (WWJ/AP) - Consumers Energy has fired some employees after a gas explosion killed a 58-year-old metro Detroit man. Daniel Malczynski of Royal Oak died when his home, on Cooper Street near 13...
View Article3 Escape Home Explosion In Ypsi Township
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP (WWJ) – Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a house explosion in Ypsilanti Township. The incident happened on Foley and Gattegno Streets, near I-94. When officials got...
View Article22 Homes, Businesses Raided In Marijuana Bust
DETROIT (WWJ) – Nearly two dozen homes, businesses and warehouses were raided in Wayne, Oakland, Jackson, and Washtenaw Counties in a marijuana trafficking investigation. Michigan State Police...
View ArticleAuthorities: Butane, Drugs At Home That Exploded
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP (WWJ/AP) – An official says thousands of butane canisters, an assault rifle and bags of marijuana were found at a home that exploded in Michigan. Police say the home destroyed Sunday...
View ArticleConsumers Energy Agrees To Pay After Deadly Blasts
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - One of Michigan’s largest utilities has agreed to pay $1 million to create a new response fund after a natural gas line exploded, killing a Royal Oak man. Attorney General Bill...
View ArticleHome Explosion In Detroit Injures 6, Including 2 Toddlers
DETROIT (WWJ) - Six people, including two young children, are hospitalized after an explosion on Detroit’s east side that authorities believe might have been caused by an illegal gas hookup. The...
View ArticleLightning Apparently Caused Gas Leak Near House Explosion
MONTROSE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – A utility says a lightning strike apparently caused a gas leak across the street from where a house later exploded in Genesee County. Consumers Energy spokeswoman Debra...
View ArticleExplosion Levels Suburban House Injures One
A couch blew from the house and landed 100 feet away. A man raking his leaves nearby was blown off his feet and landed 30 or so feet away on his concrete front porch.
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