MACON, Ga. -- Businesses along the set of The 5th Wave in Macon report damage from a movie explosion that didn't go as planned.
WMAZ-TV reports store owners called them about the damage after an early morning bus explosion along Cotton Avenue in downtown Macon.
Heatherly Wakefield, whose husband Eric owns the Golden Bough bookstore, said they were called just after 6 a.m. and told the explosion "had not gone as planned."
"The exploded a bus right in front of our store," she said.
She said that fire crews immediately went into the store to make sure a fire hadn't started inside the store. Luckily, there was no fire, but Wakefield pointed out that their internet and phone lines had been destroyed. The store's modem for its Internet and telephone equipment had been completely melted.
It wasn't the equipment that had her worried though. "Our first concern was the cats," she said, "We have bookstore cats that were in at the time, but we found them safe."
She pointed out more damage: a door off of its hinges, broken windows, and part of a caved-in ceiling.
Macon-Bibb spokesman Chris Floore said the explosion was larger than expected. He said that it happened around 3:45 Sunday morning and that fire crews were present during the filming.
He added that the production company will cover the damages. Wakefield added that the production company has also been really kind and supportive after the accident.
ServPro, a restoration company, made it out to the set to help clean up just before 6 in the morning, Floore said.
Wakefield said that the production company hasn't given them a time frame on when things will be fixed in her store.
The 5th Wave is based on the popular Science Fiction novels by Rick Yancey. In them, a 16-year-old girl tries to survive in a world devastated by an alien invasion.
