Explosive fire at site in US housing vaping supplies sends debris a mile away

Firefighters battled an industrial blaze in a Detroit suburb (Courtesy of WXYZ via AP)

A fire that destroyed a building which housed suppliers for the vaping industry caused multiple explosions that killed one person and injured a firefighter as the blasts rocked the US city of Detroit, sending gas canisters and debris shooting into the air, authorities said.

The debris fell as far as a mile away, the Clinton Township Police Department said on Facebook.