The fire that devastated the clubhouse at the Oakland Hills Country Club last month may have been caused by torches used by contractors who were installing rubber flashing, officials said Thursday.

The cause of the destructive fire that burned through the historic Oakland Hills Country Club last week is still a mystery.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A GFL Environmental truck exploded while it was picking up trash at a home in Bloomfield Township. “The biggest thing with chemicals is when you mix them, you never know what’s going to happen,” 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.