Cleanup underway at site nearly 6 months later [Video]

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2) – It has been nearly half a year since an explosion killed a 19-year-old and scattered thousands of illegal butane canisters across Clinton Township.

“It’s been surreal. No one anticipated something like this. We didn’t have any idea that they had brought all this material into their back room,” said Clinton Township Supervisor Bob Cannon. “No one had a clue that this would blow up.”

Now, the Environmental Protection Agency is working to clean up the site of the business that exploded on 15 Mile Road on March 4, Goo Smoke Shop and Select Distributors Warehouse. While the owner, Noor Kestou, awaits his next court date.

The EPA is bringing in specific heavy equipment to clean up the powder and chemicals under all the rubble, including uncovered cans of butane, intact compressed gas cylinders, vape pens, and lithium-ion batteries.

“The equipment is coming from throughout the country,” Cannon said. “It’s not …