Crime & Safety
"It Sounded Like A Bomb Went Off": Residents React After White Lake Refinery Explosion
"Everything shook. I was afraid. I didn't know what the heck was happening," says White Lake resident Chelsea Vanhorn.

November 27, 2023
WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - White Lake police and township fire officials are working to discover the cause of an explosion at a refinery plant in White Lake Friday night.
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It happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. in the area of Young Road and Bogie Lake Road.
It took a few hours before crews put it out, and White Lake Township's fire chief, John Holland, says they don't yet know what caused the flames.
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