ClickOnDetroit Morning Briefing -- Nov. 14, 2020
A man was shot and killed Friday night outside of an Inkster restaurant. A GFL Environmental truck exploded while it was picking up trash at a home in Bloomfield Township. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 244,741 as of Friday, including 7,929 deaths, state officials report. Fridayโs update represents 8,516 new cases and 118 additional deaths, including 83 from a Vital Records review. Updated data on cases, deaths and recoveries will be provided this afternoon.
Chemicals thrown in trash caused garbage truck explosion in Bloomfield Township neighborhood, fire chief says
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. โ A GFL Environmental truck exploded while it was picking up trash at a home in Bloomfield Township. โThe biggest thing with chemicals is when you mix them, you never know whatโs going to happen,โ said Bloomfield Township Fire Chief John LeRoy. Once the mix was put into the garbage truck, it exploded and trash flew everywhere. READ: I-75 to reopen lanes in December in Oakland CountyThe Bloomfield Township Fire Department quarantined the truck in the Seaholm High School parking lot until they could figure out what was the chemical mix. GFL said since COVID, the company has been picking up a lot more trash.