Bho Disasters (PLEASE READ!)

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http://www.kjct8.com/news/regional/Homemade-hash-oil-can-start-fires-explosions-249366301.html

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. The legalization of marijuana has brought about more drug experimentation including the making of homemade hash oil and accidents from it, said Jim Schrant, resident agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
"One of the big dangers that comes with that process is there have been a number of fires and unfortunately resulted fatalities all over the United States," Schrant said.
Schrant said the process used to make hash oil for products such as marijuana edibles can cause fires or explosions.
Highly flammable liquids, like butane, pull the THC out of the marijuana plant to make it into a potent oil.
"Anything from just spontaneous combustion to the electrical charge by throwing on a light switch can ignite those chemicals in the right conditions," Schrant said.
It's more commonly made in makeshift laboratories than regulated industrial environments, he said.
Mesa County Sheriff's Office hasn't identified any incidents to hash oil, Public Information Officer Heather Benjamin said.
"We don’t see it to be a big problem," she said. "Obviously when it does happen then that incident becomes a very big problem."
Butane hash oil is said to be the cause of an explosion at a Colorado Springs apartment last week.
Grand Junction law enforcement still hasn't determined a cause for Sunday night's explosion at the Monument Inn on North Ave.

[Has anyone heard of "Anything from just spontaneous combustion" with butane, is there an air/butane combination that just goes off?]

 

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http://www.sandiego6.com/story/2-ar...-north-park-hash-oil-fire-identified-20140310

SAN DIEGO - Officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration say there's been an alarming spike in the number of make-shift hash oil labs in San Diego County, with many leading to damaging explosions or fires.
"It is the biggest public safety hazard we're seeing regarding drug trafficking in San Diego County," Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gary Hill told San Diego 6.
Since 2011, DEA agents have uncovered 42 hash oil labs in the county. Of those, 22 resulted in fires or explosions, Hill said.
Since January of this year alone, there have been five hash oil lab fires or explosions and six more found.
On Monday, police identified a man and woman that were arrested in connection with a University Heights apartment building fire that was started by such a hash oil-producing operation.
Rogelio Verdugo, 23, and Ashley Plikaytis, 29, were both arrested and booked Sunday. Verdugo is facing charges of manufacturing a controlled substance and causing a fire of an inhabited structure and still in custody. It is unclear what charge Plikaytis was booked on.
The fire forced about 100 residents to evacuate. It damaged two apartments in the University Heights section of San Diego, causing no serious injuries but leaving around $150,000 in damage, authorities said Monday.
The hash oil was being stored in a refrigerator when the fire started, DEA special agent Hill said.
"The explosion happened from the refrigerator itself. You had hash oil in the refrigerator. The butane lets off and the condenser kicks on in that refrigerator, that's when the explosion happens. So what you actually have is a very large bomb in the refrigerator," he said.
Hash oil is a concentrated liquid derived from marijuana. It is sometimes extracted with highly flammable, potentially explosive propane or butane gas.
It has a high concentration of THC, giving users a potent high, Hill said. It's street value per ounce is higher than cocaine, meth, or heroin, he said.
Explosions have led to a number of serious burn injuries.
"We're afraid it's just a matter of time before someone is killed," Hill said.

[A Butane explosion creates a fire ball of over 3000 degree's and if it explodes in an inclosed space like a kitchen or bathroom than means that your inside of the fireball, if you're not burned to death you'll be hurting, bad burns and jail.]

 

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http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/03/lake-city-explosion-fire-blamed-on-hash-oil/

March 11, 2014 at 10:42 AM
Lake City explosion, fire blamed on hash oil
Posted by John de Leon
A refrigerator*explosion and fire at a Lake City house last night*is one of several recent explosions or fires suspected to be caused by the manufacture of a marijuana-based product.
Seattle police and firefighters responded to a report of an explosion around 9:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of Northeast 135th Street.*The 37-year-old resident told investigators that his refrigerator had exploded, which*broke four windows and moved the back wall of the house three inches.
The man told officers he had*been extracting THC from marijuana, according to police.
A similar blast in January in the Mount Baker neighborhood knocked a building six inches off its foundation and was possibly due to the manufacture of hash oil.
The most popular way of making hash oil — a high-potency extract of marijuana —* involves the use of flammable solvents, particularly butane, which can be purchased in hardware stores.
In the Mount Baker blast, a substance believed to be butane was being stored in containers in a freezer in the building. The butane apparently leaked from the freezer into the refrigerator below and into the appliance’s electrical system. When the refrigerator kicked on, an explosion occurred,*according to the Seattle Fire Department.

 

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http://q13fox.com/2014/03/11/hash-oil-production-explodes-in-mason-county-home/#axzz2viWzAK90

2nd hash-oil home explosion in 24 hours? Four injured in Mason County


SHELTON — A home explosion sent four people to the hospital Tuesday afternoon, and police say the occupants were trying to manufacture hash oil.

The blast happened just after noon on Grandview Avenue — and the home was damaged.
The sliding glass door on the backside of the home was completely blasted out.
“There was glass, in fact, that was blown out of a window there with such force that shards embedded in a fence that surrounds the property,” said Les Watson with the Shelton Police Department.
The explosion didn’t injure anyone outside the home. Right next door to the home is a day care.
Three 20-year-olds and a teenager drove to an area hospital with multiple injuries and two were later transferred to Harborview in Seattle for treatment of burns.
On Monday night, a man in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood admitted he was making hash oil when there was an explosion inside his home. No one was injured in that blast.
The 37-year-old man living in the home told investigators the explosion was so powerful that his refrigerator exploded, four windows broke, and the back wall of the house moved three inches.
This is the latest in a series of*hash oil explosions*across the area in the past few years. They usually involve using butane to separate the THC from marijuana. Butane is also very flammable.
In the case of the Lake City house, “The butane probably worked it’s way in to the refrigeration system, into the electronics, hit a spark and just went up like that,” said Brandon Hamilton, who owns WAMOIL and creates hash oil from the safety of his lab in Seattle.
The oil*is then put in vials for vaporizers, which are sold in medical marijuana dispensaries now, and soon, state licensed retail stores. Vaporizers, especially “vape pens,” are becoming a popular alternative way to inhale pot.


Read more: http://q13fox.com/2014/03/11/hash-oil-production-explodes-in-mason-county-home/#ixzz2viXLjcPI

 

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http://q13fox.com/2014/03/11/hash-oil-explosion-rocks-seattle-neighborhood/#axzz2viWzAK90

Home explosion in Seattle neighborhood blamed on hash-oil production


SEATTLE — Police said a man in Seattle Lake City neighborhood admitted he was making hash oil when there was an explosion inside his home.
“It was loud and it was a pretty darn big disturbance in the neighborhood,” said Max Ramhorst, who lives next door and said his house shook from the blast.
The blast happened around 9:30 p.m. Monday on the 3000 block of NE 135th Street. No one was injured.
The 37-year-old man living in the home told investigators the explosion was so powerful that his refrigerator exploded, four windows broke, and the back wall of the house moved three inches.

An explosion at this home in Seattle’s Lake City area Monday night was blamed on a hash-oil operation. (Photo: KCPQ-TV)
This is the latest in a series of*hash oil explosions*across the area in the past few years. They usually involve using butane to separate the THC from marijuana. Butane is also very flammable.
In the case of the Lake City house, “The butane probably worked it’s way in to the refrigeration system, into the electronics, hit a spark and just went up like that,” said Brandon Hamilton, who owns WAMOIL and creates hash oil from the safety of his lab in Seattle.
The oil*is then put in vials for vaporizers, which are sold in medical marijuana dispensaries now, and soon, state licensed retail stores. Vaporizers, especially “vape pens,” are becoming a popular alternative way to inhale pot.
Hamilton uses a carbon dioxide extractor at his lab, along with other expensive high-tech equipment to make sure his operation remains safe.
“We have a controlled system that has pressure relief valves,” said Hamilton. “If it starts exceeding the pressure, the pressure will release.”
Expensive equipment and safety controls are usually not in the hands of people who make hash oil in their house or apartment.
Over the last several months, there have been several explosions around the Northwest involving people who may have been trying to make hash oil, including a fire at a Bellevue apartment complex that caused more then $1 million in damage.
“We are seeing more of this,” said Seattle police spokesman Mark Jamieson. “It’s potentially very, very dangerous.”
Hamilton hopes once hash oil starts to be sold in legal pot retail stores this summer, most of the homemade labs will dry up. Until then, the danger will likely continue.
“There’s thousands of videos on YouTube that will show you how to do it, but most of them don’t show you how to do it safely,” he said.


Read more: http://q13fox.com/2014/03/11/hash-oil-explosion-rocks-seattle-neighborhood/#ixzz2viYmM4H7

 

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http://www.kjct8.com/news/regional/...rked-explosion-at-Monument-Inn-249774541.html

Explosion at Monument Inn
Updated: Wed 8:58 AM, Mar 12, 2014
By: Nick Rothschild - Email


GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. According to the Grand Junction Police Department an attempt to make marijuana butane hash oil sparked an explosion sending two people to the hospital on Sunday.
The explosion also created a small fire that was extinguished before emergency personnel arrived on scene. Officials also found marijuana in the room, however the scene did not present any hazardous materials concern.
Similar explosions have been reported in several cities across the country, including incidents on the Front Range. Lit cigarettes, static electricity, and even light switches are a few examples of potential ignition sources.
Currently the GJPD is investigating the incident at the Monument Inn as a possible arson, along with other possible charges.

Inside+Butane+Idiots=Loss of skin, hair, eyes and death of dogs, cats and people.

 

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http://metronews.ca/news/victoria/969736/hash-lab-explodes-on-vancouver-island-three-injured/

March 12, 2014 Updated: March 12, 2014 | 3:18 pm

Hash lab explodes on Vancouver Island, three injured

By Luke Simcoe

An illegal marijuana oil operation is to blame for an explosion in Qualicum Beach that sent three men to hospital Wednesday, the RCMP say.
Cpl. Jesse Foreman told Metro News someone in the home’s basement was using butane to extract and produce hashish. The exact cause of the explosion is still under investigation, but it’s believed something ignited the volatile butane fumes.
Two occupants were taken to hospital in Victoria, and are in “very serious condition,” Foreman said. A third man is in hospital in Nanaimo with less severe burns.

Although it’s the first time Oceanside RCMP have encountered the process, butane hash manufacturing has been linked to a number of explosions in the U.S., including three last year in California. Numerous guides on how to make so-called “butane honey oil” are also available on YouTube, including some showing how dangerous it can be.

The fireball in a butane explosion is over 3000 degree's according to Grey Wolf and is enough to melt steel or fry the flesh on your body. Don't blast inside.

 

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http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/03/12/3544332/marijuana-hash-oil-explosion-in.html

Hash-oil explosion in Merced injures 1, police say
BY ROB PARSONS

A Merced man was arrested Wednesday night after his*apparent hash-oil cooking project exploded, rocking the neighborhood, a block away from the Merced County Sheriff’s Department and the Merced Police Department.
Michael Ward, 23, was taken to an area hospital for treatment, Sgt. Brian Rodriguez said.
“It rattled my whole house, I thought it was a sonic boom,” said neighbor Kimberly DeWelt.
The man was cooking marijuana into hash oil, also known as “honey oil,” around 7:50 p.m. at his home in the 800 block of West 21st Street when it exploded, leaving burns on his hands and arms, the Merced Police Department said.
No other injuries were reported.
A woman who also lives at the residence declined comment. Officers were still questioning her late Wednesday.
“It’s still an ongoing investigation. We’ll be speaking with everybody,” Rodriguez said.
Merced City Fire Department Battalion Chief Don Roe said the explosion occurred in a laundry area at the back of the house and caused a small fire that was quickly extinguished by the 16**city firefighters who responded to the scene.
Roe said the incident was treated as a hazardous material accident. He said firefighters closed the street and cleared neighboring homes on either side of the house.
The explosion appeared to have knocked out the home’s windows. Chunks of shattered glass and window-frame pieces were strewn about the front lawn and driveway.
“There was structural damage to the rear of the house, making it unsafe to occupy now,” Roe said.
Neighbors initially believed a water heater had exploded at the home.
“I was watching TV and there was a huge ‘boom,’ real loud. I thought it had to be like a shotgun or something like that,” neighbor Yvette Smith said.
DeWelt said news of the marijuana-related explosion was surprising, especially in a*neighborhood close to the sheriff and police departments that is known as relatively quiet and peaceful.
“The kids that live there are*always really nice, quiet,” DeWelt said. “I never smelled any (marijuana) around here before.”
Burnt marijuana odor hung heavy in the air for more than an hour after the explosion.
“It’s surprising to have it so*strong here,” DeWelt said. “It’s really surprising.”
Staff writer Rob Parsons can be reached at (209) 385-2482 or rparsons@mercedsunstar. com.

Read more here: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/03/12/3544332/marijuana-hash-oil-explosion-in.html#storylink=cpy

 

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http://www.oceansidestar.com/news/drug-lab-caused-explosion-police-say-1.897098

Drug lab caused explosion, police say


JULIE BERTRAND / OCEANSIDE STAR 
MARCH 13, 2014 12:00 AM
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Reporters on Nahmint Road Tuesday could only glimpse the home through the brush.**Photograph by: BRIAN WILFORD/OCEANSIDE STAR

An illicit drug lab caused an explosion at a north Qualicum Beach home that sent three men to the hospital on Monday with serious burns, Oceanside RCMP said Wednesday.
The men were using butane to extract and produce cannabis oil, said Oceanside RCMP spokesman Cpl. Jesse Foreman. Butane is poured over the top of a cannabis shake, which pulls out THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the principal psychoactive component of marijuana, from the leaves and creates a gummy substance, he said. "There is no heating involved, but it creates a lot of fumes."
The process created a very dangerous and unstable environment,
he said. A spark from an unknown source likely resulted in the explosion and fire. The small fire was largely confined to the home's basement and was quickly extinguished by firefighters.
Firefighters found the three men outside the home with burns to their upper bodies and faces.
Firefighters from Dashwood, Qualicum Beach and Parksville were involved with police in investigating the cause of the fire Tuesday, as was a crew from the B.C. Ambulance Service.
Foreman said it isn't known how long the isolated two-storey home on Nahmint Road in Dashwood has been used for cannabis oil production.
The three men were seriously injured and remain in hospital.
The two men in Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria are still in serious condition, Foreman said, while the man in Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is doing better.
- See more at: http://www.oceansidestar.com/news/drug-lab-caused-explosion-police-say-1.897098#sthash.p0KXgemK.dpuf

[They were in the basement where the butane could go no further down, they were in the fireball of 3000 degree's, this must have been like launching a rocket except it was the whole house, must have taken it off its foundations. You tube should be showing people in burn wards, these people are in a world of hurt.]

 

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https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=212613

[Many safety tips at the above URL, it's a must read. Never blast inside, its a 3000 degree fireball when it goes off.]

BHO Safety aka "Please don't immolate or blow your self up!"

Hi ya'll! Have ya'll been watching the folks blowing themselves and their homes up using butane extraction techniques, thus leading you to believe that such an attempt is suicidal?

Thank Gawd (Great Spirit) that paying attention to details reduces the odds to limits that you might embrace, after being thus enlightened. May we discuss, before you give up all BHO extraction attempts in difference to your family and home?

Clearly Butane is inflammable and can be explosive, if confined in a small space and supplied with about 1.86 to 8.41 percent butane to atmospheric air content and an ignition source.

In addition, ignition sources come from a number of different unexpected sources, so let's discuss that issue.

For starters, I never personally do a butane extraction indoors or any confined space! None at all, zero, zip, forget about it! It is important to keep it below explosive limits!

I do it all outdoors, with a non sparking plastic fan blowing, not sucking, the butane evaporation away! Butane loves self abuse and will clump together and pool, being that it is heavier than air.

I use three fans to keep any free butane dispersed below ignition limits of 1.86% and from it pooling and accumulating in low spots like through my basement window to my basement, chock full of ignition sources.

The central point is that concentration of the butane boiling off can be kept diluted below combustion limits, by blowing the accumulating vapors away using a fan.

Secondly, let's talk about stupid ignition sources. Despite previous discussions, I have literally grabbed the hands of cigarette smokers poised to light a cigarette while extracting. What can I say about addicts whom go on automatic pilot and forget where they are? Leave your cigarettes and lighter elsewhere

Lose the lighter and cigarettes (bong?) if you are an addict! Once the pin is pulled on a 5 second grenade, it is not your friend!

All pretty simple, but lets talk about subtleties! How about sparks?

Starting simple, dragging your feet on concrete, if you have gravel in your shoes can create a spark.

Wearing plastic clothing, especially socks, can also build up and discharge a static electricity spark.

Unless it is an explosion proof fan, always blow, instead of suck the vapors away, not only for efficiency reasons, but because the sparks from an electric motor slip ring can ignite the vapors.

Always use plastic or other spark proof blades, because a grain of sand can spark when hitting a steel blade, and be propelled into the concentrated vapors.

Always keep a fully charged and recently inspected fire extinguisher on hand. Shit sometimes happens and less shit is better, as I see it!

Never had to use one at home, though I have in industry, but they can't be beaten when they are called for!

If you get inadvertently sprayed with butane, stop, and go change clothes. Immolating as I sees it, is highly overrated!

Keep a blanket on hand, and if you do get unexpectedly ignited, immediately wrap yourself in it to extinguish the flames.

The good news is that none of the above has ever happened to me, but then I do pay close attention and try my very best to avoid it.

Ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

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Thank you for carrying this thread on like you do. I believe you are performing a public service.

(You wrote 'inflammable' up there instead of flammable)

 

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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...mmerce-20140320,0,6901990.story#axzz2wX6qlD6D

Two men injured in suspected 'hash oil' explosion in Commerce

By Ruben Vives
March 20, 2014, 7:31 a.m.

Two men suffered burn-related injuries in a suspected hash oil explosion in the city of Commerce, authorities said.
Firefighters and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded around 8:10 p.m. to the 2300 block of Ayers Avenue regarding a call of a tree or transformer on fire, but when they arrived, they discovered that a home was ablaze.
The extent of the burn injuries suffered by the two men -- ages 18 and 21 -- were not immediately known.
Arson investigators determined that the men -- who were not immediately identified --*had allegedly been operating a “butane honey oil extraction laboratory,” in which marijuana is turned into “hash oil” or “honey oil.”
One of several butane bottles located inside the home may have exploded and caused the fire, authorities said.
“Butane honey oil,” also called “wax,” has been a growing trend in the marijuana market.* Dabs of it can be vaporized and inhaled without the smoke and pungent odor of weed, an act called “dabbing.” The method produces a stronger high even among those who have strong tolerance to cannabis.
The widespread popularity of the waxy substance has led many to attempt the extraction method, often resulting in injuries.
In January, several apartment units in El Cajon were damaged after a hash oil explosion. Two men who were allegedly operating the “hash oil” laboratory were severely burned in the incident.
In April, a 22-year-old man suffered second- and third-degree burns on his face and hands when an explosion tore through his home in Cottonwood.
Shasta County authorities told the Los Angeles Times the man was allegedly using butane to extract oil from marijuana leaves. At the time, it was the third explosion for the county in the last calendar year.
Authorities said the city of Commerce hash oil explosion caused about $300,000 in damage to the single-story home.
Narcotics-related charges are pending for the two men who remain hospitalized, the sheriff’s department said.
An investigation into the alleged drug lab remained ongoing.*

Additional on same explosion.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Home-Drug-Lab-Explosion-Causes-300K-in-Damage-251176441.html

Sheriff’s deputies and the LA County Fire Department responded to the 2300 block of Ayers Avenue around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday regarding a call of a tree or transformer fire. Upon arrival, they found a guest house behind a home on fire.
According to officials, hundreds of butane canisters were found inside the home that may have been used as part of a butane honey oil extraction laboratory, where marijuana is turned into hash oil or "honey oil." Investigators believe that one of the butane bottles may have exploded and caused the fire.
"The house was totally destroyed, burned, they won't be able to repair it," Det. Frank Lyga said.
The explosion was so strong that windows of the home were blown out, the roof was gone and the walls of the home were separated from the foundation.

 

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Santa Cruz hash oil fire victims continue recovery

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/sa...-cruz-hash-oil-fire-victims-continue-recovery


Potential charges loom for manufacturing drugs
By Stephen Baxter

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POSTED: 03/20/2014 04:10:43 PM PDT15 COMMENTS


A man was injured in hash oil cooking fire at 128 Walk Circle in Santa Cruz in October. (Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel file)
Santa Cruz >> Four men injured in two butane hash oil explosions are still recovering from burns suffered in September and October, according to Santa Cruz police.

All the men are out of the hospital, said Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark.

"Each of the burn victims is undergoing extensive medical treatment as they have severe injuries that will likely have permanent consequences," Clark said Thursday.

None of the men have been arrested, but police plan to send the cases to the Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors then will decide whether charges will be filed.

The trouble started Sept. 29 at a garage on the 700 block of Third Street in Santa Cruz.

One way to make hash oil — which is a concentrated, gooey form of marijuana also known as "dabs" — is to put marijuana stems and other parts in a hot water bath while butane is cooked through it. The result is a potent goo that can be smoked on its own or with regular marijuana.

Homemade hash oil contraptions can be dangerous because the butane can escape and find an ignition source, causing an explosion, Santa Cruz police and firefighters said.

In the Third Street fire, butane escaped from the contraption and hit a pilot light on a water heater in a garage. The blast and fire burned a 23-year-old man and 25-year-old man who live at the home, as well as a 23-year-old man who lives elsewhere in Santa Cruz, police said.

The fire blew out at least one window of a neighboring apartment, scorched its balconies and damaged a Volkswagen bus and a Ford Mustang parked near the garage.

Authorities have not named the other men injured in hash oil blasts because they have not been charged.

The second hash oil fire in Santa Cruz this fall took place Oct. 9 on the 100 block of Walk Circle in Santa Cruz. Police said a 29-year-old man was making butane hash oil when he lit a cigarette lighter and it exploded. He suffered burns over 40 percent of his body.

Santa Cruz police have said that hash oil manufacturing in fall 2013 may have been linked to preserving excess marijuana from the fall harvest — similar to canning fruit. Its manufacture in homes and garages is part of a national trend, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Butane is colorless and odorless, and neighbors might not be able to smell a hash oil lab next door. However, Santa Cruz police have said that residents can watch for large deliveries of butane canisters.

[Another one for the Darwin Award, inside blasting and smoking a cigarette, doesn't he know that cigarette smoking is bad for your health?]

 

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http://www.myfoxla.com/story/25034268/marijuana-wax-explosion

Over the past 12 months, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of makeshift drug labs set up to extract concentrated, potent THC from cannabis, known by a variety of names including wax, honey oil, butter and hash oil. FOX 11 Investigates has been reporting on this growing trend since early last year when we first told you about the latest cannabis craze. Here's how it works. These kitchen chemists who make the concentrate use long tubes packed full of marijuana leaves. They then shoot compressed butane through the tube. The butane apparently leeches the THC from the vegetation and as it flows out in a greenish muck into a pan. So there they sit with pan full of butane. And that butane can be explosive. Police explain that the vapors from the butane ignite and rapidly expand, causing a massive explosion.
LAPD tells FOX 11 that is exactly what happened in Commerce late Wednesday night. The police say two men were critically burned when butane they were using to extract honey oil ignited, causing a fire and explosion and knocking the rented house off its foundation. According to police, 21-year-old Anthony Gonzalez suffered 3rd degree burns over 85% of his body and 19-year-old Joseph Wickham suffered similar burns over 50% of his body. Both men's injuries are potentially life-threatening. Right now they face charges of manufacturing a controlled substance. If one dies, the other could be charged with 2nd degree murder under California law.


Read more: http://www.myfoxla.com/story/25034268/marijuana-wax-explosion#ixzz2wZxSgckJ

 

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http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/two-arrested-after-apartment-explosion/25102472


Two arrested for apartment explosion
CHICO, Calif. -
Two suspects have been taken into custody for an apartment explosion in Chico.
One of them was burned in the incident.
Chico Police brought in county agents to investigate the materials after they found marijuana in a nearby dumpster and cans of butane as well.
Firefighters responded to an apartment fire that quickly turned into a crime scene Friday afternoon. Chico Fire responded to the College Life Apartments on the 600 block of West First Avenue to put a bathroom fire.

Living in that apartment was Kevin Abbott, 23. He suffered second degree burns on his fingers.

The cause of the blaze could be what firefighters found inside; marijuana and cans of butane. Firefighters called the police, who said it could be evidence of a butane honey oil lab.

We did find some evidence to that effect, and we called BINTF,” said Lieutenant David Britt of the Chico Police Department. “They have now come in and taken over the investigation.”

Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force agents also found marijuana in a nearby dumpster, and the cans of butane next to it.

BINTF agents said the process of making the honey oil is very dangerous.
“It's very similar if you had a natural gas leak inside,” said Britt. “The flammable fumes are exposed, and any ignition can cause an explosion.”
No one was evacuated. Abbott was arrested for a felony warrant relating to another drug charge.

His roommate, David Harrigan, 23, was also arrested for other drug related charges.

We are still waiting from investigators to see if Abbott was charged with Friday's incidents.

 

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http://kwgn.com/2014/03/23/two-arrested-on-hash-oil-charges-following-explosion/

DENVER — Two people were arrested Sunday evening after an explosion rocked a Denver home, blowing out the basement windows.
A homeowner in the 2900 block of Julian Street suffered minor injuries in the blast, the Denver Police Department said.
Firefighters responded to the home about 4:35 p.m., DPD said. No fire was found, but the basement windows had been shattered.
The two suspects were arrested after a brief investigation. The charges against them were related to making hash oil without a permit, police said.
The official cause of the explosion was still pending.

 

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"The house was totally destroyed, burned, they won't be able to repair it," Det. Frank Lyga said.
The explosion was so strong that windows of the home were blown out, the roof was gone and the walls of the home were separated from the foundation.

Strong words, the real poetry of horror.

 

[Gray Wolf]

Strong words, the real poetry of horror.

Ostensibly mightier than the sword to those with ears.

Wonder if arrest and prosecution for felony reckless endangering, felony assault, etc, is even enough to reach those, whom are not so gifted????

 

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Inside the Fireball

Inside the Fireball

Ostensibly mightier than the sword to those with ears.

Wonder if arrest and prosecution for felony reckless endangering, felony assault, etc, is even enough to reach those, whom are not so gifted????

In just this month there has been 25 explosions and the attendant destruction of lives and property and the month isn't over yet. On YouTube it looks so easy to do and the results are so rewarding that many are trying to do this without the knowledge of what can occur, there is no discussion about the aftermath of being inside a fireball of over 3000 degree's nor are there pictures of what flesh looks like after incineration.

 

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i'm wondering if there is much point in continuing this thread. seems to me anyone who isn't warned off doing it inside by 18 pages of explosion reports, then they won't listen to 50 pages of said reports either. getting kind of sick of these explosion reports. this has completely put me off oil, even though i have not been a dab head even before the explosions started becoming nearly daily. now i'm glad i never got heavily in to it.

what do you say guys, shall we close this sticky thread? or do you wish to go on collecting these reports here?