Home damaged in apparent explosion
One man was badly burned in a house explosion in Auburn Hills, and police are investigating if marijuana was being grown in the home.
Firefighters were sent to the home on Shimmons Road, just west of Oakland Christian Schools, at noon Monday, finding a working fire at the single-story home.
“The walls to the structure displayed outward implosion movement and were unstable,” Auburn Hills Fire Chief Ellen Taylor in a statement. “The residents reported that everyone was out of house.”
The resident who was burned, a 29-year-old man, was taken to a Detroit Receiving Hospital for treatment while firefighters attacked the blaze, extinguishing without having to enter the home. No firefighters were hurt.
Auburn Hills police Lt. Scott McGraw said three people were in the home at the time of the explosion.
“Preliminary investigation found the occupants may have been growing marijuana inside the home,” McGraw said. “The investigation is too early to tell if there will be criminal charges pending. The home is unstable and unsafe for Investigators to enter at this
time.”
The Oakland County Sheriff’s fire investigation unit as well as its narcotics enforcement team will assist in the investigation.
The occupants of the home are cooperating with the investigation, McGraw said.
The incident closed Shimmons Road for several hours, impacting school letting out at nearby Oakland Christian School.