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http://homenewshere.com/tewksbury_town_crier/news/article_eae46586-b8dd-11e3-91cd-0019bb2963f4.html
[An update on previous post, more information.]
Rick Nohl
Firefighters
Tewksbury firefighters transport a burn victim to a waiting helicopter for transport to a Boston hospital Tuesday night following a house explosion on Astle Street. A preliminary investigation indicates the explosion was caused by drug-related activity.
Posted: Monday, March 31, 2014 10:08 am | Updated: 10:37 am, Mon Mar 31, 2014.
By Jayne W. Miller News Editor [email protected] | 0*comments
Three victims suffered significant burns, transported by medflights
TEWKSBURY –A preliminary investigation into a house explosion Tuesday night points to marijuana-related drug activity, injuring three people and causing an estimated $200,000 in damage. Three additional people were also displaced from their home as a result of the explosion and ensuing fire.
Three victims suffering second-degree burns on their heads, faces, and hands escaped with their lives after a house explosion at 22 Astle Street Tuesday night.
Tewksbury first responders were called to the scene at 9:17 pm, with reports of an explosion, windows blown out, and three burn victims. According to a statement from Tewksbury Fire Chief Michael Hazel, firefighters arriving on scene reported "fire showing and noted that the windows had been blown out of the rear section of the building."
“"A preliminary fire investigation into the explosion and fire at 22 Astle Street Tewksbury last night points to a marijuana THC extraction process using butane gas,” said Hazel Wednesday morning. “The buildup of butane vapors within the apartment came in contact with an ignition source and an explosion ensued. The process was being performed on and around an electric stove within the apartment. A number of full and empty and butane cylinders were found at the scene. This was a very dangerous situation for the residents and the firefighters. The incident remains under investigation."
A second alarm was struck, and mutual aid responded to the scene from Billerica, while fire units from Wilmington and Andover responded for covered the South and North Stations respectively.
“Firefighters responded to a dangerous situation and bravely helped three injured people to safety,” Chief Hazel said.
Three medflight helicopters were called to the Walmart parking lot and transported two males and one female victim to Boston hospitals.
Police Chief Tim Sheehan told reporters on the scene that police were investigating witness reports that two other people fled the house on foot.
The fire remains under investigation.
THC or tetrahydrocannabinol is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. ‘Butane honey oil’ is a kind of hash oil that can be made by saturating marijuana leaves in a pipe with butane, which pulls the THC from the plant. The highly flammable gas drips through a filter at the end of the pipe and pools on a plate that’s then placed into a container of hot water, causing the gas to evaporate into the air. After the gas evaporates, a concentrated oil remains that drug users may add to a joint to increase the high. Of course, the air becomes filled with flammable gas that ignites easily.
THC oil is used in medical marijuana applications as well so that patients may benefit from the ingredient without having to smoke the drug. However, trained chemists extract the substance in labs with proper, and expensive, equipment.
Scanner reports indicated that the victims told first responders that the explosion happened after occupants turned on the stove. While the home does have natural gas service, a preliminary investigation ruled that natural gas was not the cause of the fire.
The 4 bedroom, 4 bath multi-family house built in 1800 is currently valued at $343,100 and has 3,882 sq feet of finished living area. According to the Tewksbury Assessor’s office, the property has steam heat fueled by gas. National Grid crews were on the scene.
Fire crews restricted access to the property, just around the corner from the intersection of Main Street and Pike and Astle Streets, and had firefighters approach the site on foot.
Tewksbury Police Department, State Troopers assigned to the office of State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan, and the State Police Bomb Squad are assisting in the investigation.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a plant into an explosive." Darwin award nominee's for sure. Everyone knows for sure that your a moron when its found out you do butane inside; butane fireballs are over 3000 degree and will melt steel and eyes and fries your skin just like the Colonel does.
[An update on previous post, more information.]
Rick Nohl
Firefighters
Tewksbury firefighters transport a burn victim to a waiting helicopter for transport to a Boston hospital Tuesday night following a house explosion on Astle Street. A preliminary investigation indicates the explosion was caused by drug-related activity.
Posted: Monday, March 31, 2014 10:08 am | Updated: 10:37 am, Mon Mar 31, 2014.
By Jayne W. Miller News Editor [email protected] | 0*comments
Three victims suffered significant burns, transported by medflights
TEWKSBURY –A preliminary investigation into a house explosion Tuesday night points to marijuana-related drug activity, injuring three people and causing an estimated $200,000 in damage. Three additional people were also displaced from their home as a result of the explosion and ensuing fire.
Three victims suffering second-degree burns on their heads, faces, and hands escaped with their lives after a house explosion at 22 Astle Street Tuesday night.
Tewksbury first responders were called to the scene at 9:17 pm, with reports of an explosion, windows blown out, and three burn victims. According to a statement from Tewksbury Fire Chief Michael Hazel, firefighters arriving on scene reported "fire showing and noted that the windows had been blown out of the rear section of the building."
“"A preliminary fire investigation into the explosion and fire at 22 Astle Street Tewksbury last night points to a marijuana THC extraction process using butane gas,” said Hazel Wednesday morning. “The buildup of butane vapors within the apartment came in contact with an ignition source and an explosion ensued. The process was being performed on and around an electric stove within the apartment. A number of full and empty and butane cylinders were found at the scene. This was a very dangerous situation for the residents and the firefighters. The incident remains under investigation."
A second alarm was struck, and mutual aid responded to the scene from Billerica, while fire units from Wilmington and Andover responded for covered the South and North Stations respectively.
“Firefighters responded to a dangerous situation and bravely helped three injured people to safety,” Chief Hazel said.
Three medflight helicopters were called to the Walmart parking lot and transported two males and one female victim to Boston hospitals.
Police Chief Tim Sheehan told reporters on the scene that police were investigating witness reports that two other people fled the house on foot.
The fire remains under investigation.
THC or tetrahydrocannabinol is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. ‘Butane honey oil’ is a kind of hash oil that can be made by saturating marijuana leaves in a pipe with butane, which pulls the THC from the plant. The highly flammable gas drips through a filter at the end of the pipe and pools on a plate that’s then placed into a container of hot water, causing the gas to evaporate into the air. After the gas evaporates, a concentrated oil remains that drug users may add to a joint to increase the high. Of course, the air becomes filled with flammable gas that ignites easily.
THC oil is used in medical marijuana applications as well so that patients may benefit from the ingredient without having to smoke the drug. However, trained chemists extract the substance in labs with proper, and expensive, equipment.
Scanner reports indicated that the victims told first responders that the explosion happened after occupants turned on the stove. While the home does have natural gas service, a preliminary investigation ruled that natural gas was not the cause of the fire.
The 4 bedroom, 4 bath multi-family house built in 1800 is currently valued at $343,100 and has 3,882 sq feet of finished living area. According to the Tewksbury Assessor’s office, the property has steam heat fueled by gas. National Grid crews were on the scene.
Fire crews restricted access to the property, just around the corner from the intersection of Main Street and Pike and Astle Streets, and had firefighters approach the site on foot.
Tewksbury Police Department, State Troopers assigned to the office of State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan, and the State Police Bomb Squad are assisting in the investigation.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a plant into an explosive." Darwin award nominee's for sure. Everyone knows for sure that your a moron when its found out you do butane inside; butane fireballs are over 3000 degree and will melt steel and eyes and fries your skin just like the Colonel does.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/ne...-north-glendale-home-20140401,0,5116112.story
Police find hash-oil lab at North Glendale home
Suspect taken into custody on suspicion of manufacturing 'butane honey oil.'
Detectives seized roughly 40 pounds of marijuana, approximately 181 cans of butane, three large tubes used for extraction and about 2 ounces of "butane honey oil" from a Glendale home. (Courtesy of the Glendale Police Department / April 1, 2014)
By Veronica Rocha, [email protected]
April 1, 2014 | 7:01 p.m.
Police discovered a potentially-explosive lab used to extract hash oil on Saturday inside the garage of a north Glendale home.
Detectives seized roughly 40 pounds of marijuana, approximately 181 cans of butane, three large tubes used for extraction and about 2 ounces of “butane honey oil” inside Andrew Hedenberg’s detached garage in the 800 block of North Glendale Avenue, police said.
“The potential for explosion is huge,” Glendale Police Sgt. Toby Darby said. “These things are blowing up all over the place.”
Detectives discovered the lab after police said he reported that his girlfriend allegedly assaulted him.
Hedenberg, 22, of Glendale was taken into custody on suspicion of manufacturing the “butane honey oil” — a highly-potent marijuana extract — as well as selling other potent drugs, including hallucinogenic mushrooms, LSD and methamphetamine, Darby said.
“Butane honey oil” is typically extracted by pouring butane, which is a highly-flammable solvent, into a tube of marijuana leaves.
The butane essentially strips hash oil from the plants. Then, the oil and butane are further processed to create a waxy substance known as “Butane honey oil,” which can be smoked or vaporized.
The street value for hash oil is $100 per gram, which can run about $45 for the same amount if purchased from a dispensary, he said.
Still, Darby said he is concerned that the growing demand for hash oil will compel some people to attempt to make it by simply watching YouTube videos, running the risk of an explosion.
Something as simple as turning on a light switch or static electricity can set off an explosion in a hash-oil lab, he said.
This wasn’t the first time someone has been discovered making hash oil in Glendale.
In 2011, the windows of an apartment on Jackson Street in Glendale were blown out after two teens attempted to make hash oil for personal use on a kitchen stove and it exploded, Darby said.
One of the teens reportedly attempted to discard the butane can into a trash chute.
Still, larger explosions linked to hash-oil labs have been reported countywide.
Two weeks ago, two men suffered burn injuries during an alleged hash-oil lab explosion in Commerce.
Inside the home lab, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies discovered butane cans, one of which they believed exploded.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a plant into an explosive."
Police find hash-oil lab at North Glendale home
Suspect taken into custody on suspicion of manufacturing 'butane honey oil.'
Detectives seized roughly 40 pounds of marijuana, approximately 181 cans of butane, three large tubes used for extraction and about 2 ounces of "butane honey oil" from a Glendale home. (Courtesy of the Glendale Police Department / April 1, 2014)
By Veronica Rocha, [email protected]
April 1, 2014 | 7:01 p.m.
Police discovered a potentially-explosive lab used to extract hash oil on Saturday inside the garage of a north Glendale home.
Detectives seized roughly 40 pounds of marijuana, approximately 181 cans of butane, three large tubes used for extraction and about 2 ounces of “butane honey oil” inside Andrew Hedenberg’s detached garage in the 800 block of North Glendale Avenue, police said.
“The potential for explosion is huge,” Glendale Police Sgt. Toby Darby said. “These things are blowing up all over the place.”
Detectives discovered the lab after police said he reported that his girlfriend allegedly assaulted him.
Hedenberg, 22, of Glendale was taken into custody on suspicion of manufacturing the “butane honey oil” — a highly-potent marijuana extract — as well as selling other potent drugs, including hallucinogenic mushrooms, LSD and methamphetamine, Darby said.
“Butane honey oil” is typically extracted by pouring butane, which is a highly-flammable solvent, into a tube of marijuana leaves.
The butane essentially strips hash oil from the plants. Then, the oil and butane are further processed to create a waxy substance known as “Butane honey oil,” which can be smoked or vaporized.
The street value for hash oil is $100 per gram, which can run about $45 for the same amount if purchased from a dispensary, he said.
Still, Darby said he is concerned that the growing demand for hash oil will compel some people to attempt to make it by simply watching YouTube videos, running the risk of an explosion.
Something as simple as turning on a light switch or static electricity can set off an explosion in a hash-oil lab, he said.
This wasn’t the first time someone has been discovered making hash oil in Glendale.
In 2011, the windows of an apartment on Jackson Street in Glendale were blown out after two teens attempted to make hash oil for personal use on a kitchen stove and it exploded, Darby said.
One of the teens reportedly attempted to discard the butane can into a trash chute.
Still, larger explosions linked to hash-oil labs have been reported countywide.
Two weeks ago, two men suffered burn injuries during an alleged hash-oil lab explosion in Commerce.
Inside the home lab, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies discovered butane cans, one of which they believed exploded.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a plant into an explosive."
Any ethanol (natural amber glass hash making) 'lab' explosions (open,closed,indoor,outoor) in this epic manifesto of a thread ? 20 pages of ignoring the elephant in the room.
The inevitable mercaptin laws are coming; all bho contractors (open,closed,indoor,outoor) on the death star: beware.
Just look what chewbaca and luke skywaker did to allergy medicine.
morgandecaptain
Active member
You can't fix stupid,just like the idiots that store their gasoline cans next to their gas hot water heater.
morgandecaptain
Active member
You never hear about it because it's not a sexy or controversial headline for the papers or TV. But it was a big enough problem for them to mandate a new residential design for gas hot water heaters so they don't draw air in from the floor level anymore where the explosive vapors hang and it caused a rise in the price of them,because they had to idiot proof them.
http://globalnews.ca/news/1257459/ste-anne-explosion-caused-by-gas-used-to-make-drugs/
WINNIPEG – A*garage that exploded over the weekend in Ste. Anne was being used to make hash oil, police say.
Three people were rushed to hospital following the blast at the Gagnier Bay home at around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The force of the blast was so powerful it blew out the garage’s overhead door and buckled a side wall.
Officers executed a search warrant at the home Monday night. Once inside, they seized several*butane containers used to produce hash oil, Chief Marc Robichaud of the Ste. Anne Police Service told*Global News. The drug is made by dissolving hashish or marijuana in solvents like acetone, alcohol, butane or petroleum. Investigators believe the explosion was caused by the gas.
Arrests are pending.
WINNIPEG – A*garage that exploded over the weekend in Ste. Anne was being used to make hash oil, police say.
Three people were rushed to hospital following the blast at the Gagnier Bay home at around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The force of the blast was so powerful it blew out the garage’s overhead door and buckled a side wall.
Officers executed a search warrant at the home Monday night. Once inside, they seized several*butane containers used to produce hash oil, Chief Marc Robichaud of the Ste. Anne Police Service told*Global News. The drug is made by dissolving hashish or marijuana in solvents like acetone, alcohol, butane or petroleum. Investigators believe the explosion was caused by the gas.
Arrests are pending.
http://www.bellevuereporter.com/news/254418521.html
Update on previous story.
Police seek manslaughter charge in Hampton Greens fire | Investigators say hash oil operation caused explosion, blaze that resulted in Nan Campbell's death
• by*BRANDON MACZ, *Bellevue Reporter Staff Writer*
Nan Campbell, who served on the City Council for two terms before becoming Bellevue's first female mayor in 1988, died Nov. 19, 2013 from injuries that occurred while fleeing the Hampton Greens apartments fire.—*Image Credit: Courtesy Photo
Bellevue Police are asking the King County Prosecutor to charge a 31-year-old marijuana dispensary operator with second-degree manslaughter following an explosion and fire at the Hampton Greens apartment complex last November that resulted in the death of well-known Bellevue resident Nan Campbell. The explosion was determined to have been caused by a hash oil manufacturing operation he is alleged to have started in a nearby apartment unit in which he was also staying.
Residents at the Hampton Greens apartments awoke early Nov. 5 to the sound of an explosion that shook the complex and nearby businesses and residences, causing a fire that ripped through the KK building at 4505 148th Ave. N.E.
According to police and fire reports examined by the Bellevue Reporter through a public records request, David R. Schultz is alleged to have caused the explosion inside one of the apartments when butane gas being used to produce hash oil was ignited. The explosion and subsequent fire caused $1.5 million in damage and the loss of $500,000 in belongings.
Schultz was staying at the apartment with friends, Jesse Kaplan and Daniel Strycharske, both former Microsoft employees, and allegedly making hash oil in the living room, using a butane "shooting" method.
They were among seven people hospitalized that day. Schultz was found by emergency responders in the back seat of his car with second-degree burns. Reports state Schultz gave conflicting statements as to where he was at the time of the explosion, at one time being outside the apartment unit and sleeping on the couch in another. Schultz reportedly has a history of schizophrenia. Kaplan reported waking up to the roof collapsing, escaping through a wall.
Campbell, 87, told responders she tripped and fell while escaping the blaze, hurting her hip; a Kirkland firefighter noted burn marks on her robe. She died in the hospital on Nov. 19, 2013. The medical examiner's office determined the cause of death was aspiration pneumonia and urinary tract infection due to prolonged hospitalization and immobility due to pelvic fracture with hematoma. She was elected Bellevue's first female mayor in 1988 after serving two terms on the City Council.
Schultz is alleged to have denied using the butane method of making hash oil, preferring isopropyl alcohol instead. Eight exploded cans of butane were recorded by investigators being found in the parking lot and shrubs around the apartment. Strycharske allegedly admitted to investigators that Schultz was "shooting" butane, using tubes and glass found inside their apartment, and that it could take up to five cans to do the job. Undamaged butane cans were also found.
Explosions caused by amateur hash oil manufacturing in residential neighborhoods has been on the rise across the state over the past year. It reportedly caused another explosion in Seattle's Lake City neighborhood in early March, among others around King County.
The criminal investigation into the Hampton Greens apartment complex fire was conducted with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Police alerted about operation before explosion
According to police documents, an officer responded to the apartment complex Schultz was allegedly using to produce hash oil on Oct. 17, 2013 — three weeks before the explosion. A construction worker reported speaking to a man he witnessed assembling parts for what he said was a device for making hash oil for his dispensary.
The construction worker notified the Hampton Greens maintenance supervisor, who allegedly told the tenants to bring a compressor inside the apartment and off the deck and the complex manager later called police to check on the allegations.
Documents state the officer went to the apartment and cautioned the occupants that making hash oil would be a violation of the lease, which was reportedly only held by one of the men there.
There appears to be a gray area in the law regarding making hash oil in a residence, which Councilmember Jennifer Robertson said during Monday's council meeting should be banned under an ordinance being drafted ahead of recreational marijuana sales in Bellevue. The council also requested Monday that the ordinance be brought to them as soon as possible.
The Washington Legislature in March passed a bill allowing the sales of marijuana concentrates at licensed pot stores. According to the Washington State Liquor Control Board, the sale of recreational marijuana could start by July.
The Bellevue City Council is also considering whether to ban marijuana businesses in the city based on an opinion by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who states local governments have the power to do so and also regulate such business in their jurisdictions.
Robertson has stated she intends on supporting the will of Bellevue voters, who voted to approve I-502 by 59 percent in 2012.
Robertson said in a phone interview with the Reporter on Tuesday the city should regulate hash oil, which is extremely dangerous to manufacture using butane, considering there are other methods for extraction.
"My understanding as a council member, not as a lawyer, is that the state does not regulate the home processing of marijuana for those with medical marijuana cards," said Robertson. "… I don't think the ordinance will keep medical patients from having access to their medicine. It really is about preventing fires, like what happened at Hampton Greens."
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a plant into an explosive."
Update on previous story.
Police seek manslaughter charge in Hampton Greens fire | Investigators say hash oil operation caused explosion, blaze that resulted in Nan Campbell's death
• by*BRANDON MACZ, *Bellevue Reporter Staff Writer*
Nan Campbell, who served on the City Council for two terms before becoming Bellevue's first female mayor in 1988, died Nov. 19, 2013 from injuries that occurred while fleeing the Hampton Greens apartments fire.—*Image Credit: Courtesy Photo
Bellevue Police are asking the King County Prosecutor to charge a 31-year-old marijuana dispensary operator with second-degree manslaughter following an explosion and fire at the Hampton Greens apartment complex last November that resulted in the death of well-known Bellevue resident Nan Campbell. The explosion was determined to have been caused by a hash oil manufacturing operation he is alleged to have started in a nearby apartment unit in which he was also staying.
Residents at the Hampton Greens apartments awoke early Nov. 5 to the sound of an explosion that shook the complex and nearby businesses and residences, causing a fire that ripped through the KK building at 4505 148th Ave. N.E.
According to police and fire reports examined by the Bellevue Reporter through a public records request, David R. Schultz is alleged to have caused the explosion inside one of the apartments when butane gas being used to produce hash oil was ignited. The explosion and subsequent fire caused $1.5 million in damage and the loss of $500,000 in belongings.
Schultz was staying at the apartment with friends, Jesse Kaplan and Daniel Strycharske, both former Microsoft employees, and allegedly making hash oil in the living room, using a butane "shooting" method.
They were among seven people hospitalized that day. Schultz was found by emergency responders in the back seat of his car with second-degree burns. Reports state Schultz gave conflicting statements as to where he was at the time of the explosion, at one time being outside the apartment unit and sleeping on the couch in another. Schultz reportedly has a history of schizophrenia. Kaplan reported waking up to the roof collapsing, escaping through a wall.
Campbell, 87, told responders she tripped and fell while escaping the blaze, hurting her hip; a Kirkland firefighter noted burn marks on her robe. She died in the hospital on Nov. 19, 2013. The medical examiner's office determined the cause of death was aspiration pneumonia and urinary tract infection due to prolonged hospitalization and immobility due to pelvic fracture with hematoma. She was elected Bellevue's first female mayor in 1988 after serving two terms on the City Council.
Schultz is alleged to have denied using the butane method of making hash oil, preferring isopropyl alcohol instead. Eight exploded cans of butane were recorded by investigators being found in the parking lot and shrubs around the apartment. Strycharske allegedly admitted to investigators that Schultz was "shooting" butane, using tubes and glass found inside their apartment, and that it could take up to five cans to do the job. Undamaged butane cans were also found.
Explosions caused by amateur hash oil manufacturing in residential neighborhoods has been on the rise across the state over the past year. It reportedly caused another explosion in Seattle's Lake City neighborhood in early March, among others around King County.
The criminal investigation into the Hampton Greens apartment complex fire was conducted with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Police alerted about operation before explosion
According to police documents, an officer responded to the apartment complex Schultz was allegedly using to produce hash oil on Oct. 17, 2013 — three weeks before the explosion. A construction worker reported speaking to a man he witnessed assembling parts for what he said was a device for making hash oil for his dispensary.
The construction worker notified the Hampton Greens maintenance supervisor, who allegedly told the tenants to bring a compressor inside the apartment and off the deck and the complex manager later called police to check on the allegations.
Documents state the officer went to the apartment and cautioned the occupants that making hash oil would be a violation of the lease, which was reportedly only held by one of the men there.
There appears to be a gray area in the law regarding making hash oil in a residence, which Councilmember Jennifer Robertson said during Monday's council meeting should be banned under an ordinance being drafted ahead of recreational marijuana sales in Bellevue. The council also requested Monday that the ordinance be brought to them as soon as possible.
The Washington Legislature in March passed a bill allowing the sales of marijuana concentrates at licensed pot stores. According to the Washington State Liquor Control Board, the sale of recreational marijuana could start by July.
The Bellevue City Council is also considering whether to ban marijuana businesses in the city based on an opinion by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who states local governments have the power to do so and also regulate such business in their jurisdictions.
Robertson has stated she intends on supporting the will of Bellevue voters, who voted to approve I-502 by 59 percent in 2012.
Robertson said in a phone interview with the Reporter on Tuesday the city should regulate hash oil, which is extremely dangerous to manufacture using butane, considering there are other methods for extraction.
"My understanding as a council member, not as a lawyer, is that the state does not regulate the home processing of marijuana for those with medical marijuana cards," said Robertson. "… I don't think the ordinance will keep medical patients from having access to their medicine. It really is about preventing fires, like what happened at Hampton Greens."
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a plant into an explosive."
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/04/08/hash-oil-threats-a-growing-concern-for-edmonton-police
In May 2013, an explosion at an Evansburg Hash oil extraction lab killed one man, left another man seriously injured, and completely leveled the home. ALERT’s Green Teams, made up of Edmonton Police Service (EPS), Calgary Police Service (CPS) and RCMP members, is familiar with the risks of grow-operations but state that the hash oil extraction process presents a whole new level of danger due to their use of highly flammable chemicals such as butane gas and isopropyl alcohol. Hash oil is made using the by-product of a marihuana plant, with the leaves and stems being soaked in butane gas or isopropyl alcohol to extract the potent cannabinoid-containing resin. The process is very dangerous and has led to several explosions and fires in the past
Another story below, these stories are accompanied with pictures of burned down house.
On the outside, it may look like just a regular marijuana grow operation.
But investigators with the province's police Green Team are coming across more grow ops with dangerous hash oil extraction labs, some of them discovered after deadly fires and explosions.
Dwayne Karpo of the ALERT Green Team North explains that hash oil is the byproduct of a marijuana plant. The leaves and stems are soaked in butane gas or isopropyl alcohol to extract the potent cannabinoid-containing resin.
Since the chemicals used are highly flammable, Karpo said the extraction process is very dangerous. Several fires and explosions have already occurred in various parts of the province within the past year, but none of those have been in Edmonton -- so far.
"We have come across (Edmonton) labs at the early stage so we've been very fortunate," said Karpo, noting the most isopropyl alcohol investigators have come across so far is six four-litre jugs --*more than enough to level a building.
"We don't want to see something happen and it's just matter of time before something does happen. Some people look at it and say it's just marijuana, it's just weed, but no there's a lot of dangers there."
In May 2013, an explosion at an Evansburg extraction lab killed one man and left another seriously injured. The blast was so powerful it levelled the home.
Two months later, an extraction lab explosion occurred in Calgary's Royal Oak neighbourhood. The force of the explosion shook the house and buckled the garage door on the quiet cul-de-sac that had children playing nearby. Firefighters at the scene thought they found pipe bombs in the garage, but they turned out to be homemade extraction filters.
The Green Team typically does between 44 and 56 warrants a year. So far this year, police have already come across five hash oil extraction labs in Edmonton, but Karpo said the trend began in the middle of last year and is now becoming more prevalent.
The reason, he said, is likely due to the proliferation of electronic cigarettes, which youth are known to use at school since there is no smoke and almost no odour. It's also a way for growers to use up all their product and make extra money. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact the labs are set up in rooms that have no ventilation.
"Now we're seeing it more set up in little closets. No ventilation, near hot water tanks and furnaces," Karpo said. "It's everywhere. It's a new common trend."
Edmonton Fire Marshal Tom Karpa said firefighters responding to a call at a home with a hash oil extraction lab have no idea the dangers they are walking into.
"It's extremely serious. This is a hazardous process," said Karpa. "The amounts of flammable and volatiles far exceeds what you can have in a home."
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a plant into an explosive."
In May 2013, an explosion at an Evansburg Hash oil extraction lab killed one man, left another man seriously injured, and completely leveled the home. ALERT’s Green Teams, made up of Edmonton Police Service (EPS), Calgary Police Service (CPS) and RCMP members, is familiar with the risks of grow-operations but state that the hash oil extraction process presents a whole new level of danger due to their use of highly flammable chemicals such as butane gas and isopropyl alcohol. Hash oil is made using the by-product of a marihuana plant, with the leaves and stems being soaked in butane gas or isopropyl alcohol to extract the potent cannabinoid-containing resin. The process is very dangerous and has led to several explosions and fires in the past
Another story below, these stories are accompanied with pictures of burned down house.
On the outside, it may look like just a regular marijuana grow operation.
But investigators with the province's police Green Team are coming across more grow ops with dangerous hash oil extraction labs, some of them discovered after deadly fires and explosions.
Dwayne Karpo of the ALERT Green Team North explains that hash oil is the byproduct of a marijuana plant. The leaves and stems are soaked in butane gas or isopropyl alcohol to extract the potent cannabinoid-containing resin.
Since the chemicals used are highly flammable, Karpo said the extraction process is very dangerous. Several fires and explosions have already occurred in various parts of the province within the past year, but none of those have been in Edmonton -- so far.
"We have come across (Edmonton) labs at the early stage so we've been very fortunate," said Karpo, noting the most isopropyl alcohol investigators have come across so far is six four-litre jugs --*more than enough to level a building.
"We don't want to see something happen and it's just matter of time before something does happen. Some people look at it and say it's just marijuana, it's just weed, but no there's a lot of dangers there."
In May 2013, an explosion at an Evansburg extraction lab killed one man and left another seriously injured. The blast was so powerful it levelled the home.
Two months later, an extraction lab explosion occurred in Calgary's Royal Oak neighbourhood. The force of the explosion shook the house and buckled the garage door on the quiet cul-de-sac that had children playing nearby. Firefighters at the scene thought they found pipe bombs in the garage, but they turned out to be homemade extraction filters.
The Green Team typically does between 44 and 56 warrants a year. So far this year, police have already come across five hash oil extraction labs in Edmonton, but Karpo said the trend began in the middle of last year and is now becoming more prevalent.
The reason, he said, is likely due to the proliferation of electronic cigarettes, which youth are known to use at school since there is no smoke and almost no odour. It's also a way for growers to use up all their product and make extra money. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact the labs are set up in rooms that have no ventilation.
"Now we're seeing it more set up in little closets. No ventilation, near hot water tanks and furnaces," Karpo said. "It's everywhere. It's a new common trend."
Edmonton Fire Marshal Tom Karpa said firefighters responding to a call at a home with a hash oil extraction lab have no idea the dangers they are walking into.
"It's extremely serious. This is a hazardous process," said Karpa. "The amounts of flammable and volatiles far exceeds what you can have in a home."
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a plant into an explosive."
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Mother of God.... Good and Evil...
FUCK BHO!!!!!
This shit should be only done in a forest in the middle of OZ... I don't even want to say what happened to me recently... but Damn... I'm taking a long break from blazing after what happened to me yesterday...
Stay away from Cannabis Crack.. it will destroy you eventually... its not smoking marijuana...its fucken Crack... and just like Crack... you'll blow your ass up one day trying to make it...
I almost blew my own head off yesterday... I have never been so scared in my entire life..im still in gnarly shock...
Hot Damn... sorry for the venting
FUCK BHO!!!!!
This shit should be only done in a forest in the middle of OZ... I don't even want to say what happened to me recently... but Damn... I'm taking a long break from blazing after what happened to me yesterday...
Stay away from Cannabis Crack.. it will destroy you eventually... its not smoking marijuana...its fucken Crack... and just like Crack... you'll blow your ass up one day trying to make it...
I almost blew my own head off yesterday... I have never been so scared in my entire life..im still in gnarly shock...
Hot Damn... sorry for the venting
At least you are not burned the fuck up..Scared straight...
I'll get into more details later for sure bro... I'm still shook up... Ive never had an event in my life make me feel like I need to quit smoking herb...never ever has the thought crossed my mind until this happened... All I keep hearing in my head is the "BOOM"... the shockwave knocked my ass back... fuck
Here is another one in Los Angeles, go to some of these newspaper sites and look at the pictures, if I knew how to upload some of those it would really scare you. GW say's that the fireball is over 3000 degree's and will melt steel and eyeballs.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...malibu-20140409,0,7719214.story#axzz2yQ042b4i
Suspected 'hash oil' lab explodes in Malibu home; 1 man burned
By Jason Wells
April 9, 2014, 6:09 a.m.
A suspected drug lab at a home in Malibu caught fire and exploded Tuesday, injuring one person who had to be transported to the hospital via helicopter, authorities said.
Firefighters responded to the home*in the 1200 block of Encinal Canyon Road shortly before 6:15 p.m.*to find it fully engulfed in flames,*according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Authorities later discovered the substance “honey oil” -- a type of marijuana oil -- at the residence, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Fray Lupian told KTLA-TV.
A 25-year-old man who was burned in the explosion and ensuing fire was airlifted to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center to be treated for his injuries, authorities said.
The man, who was not immediately identified, would likely be arrested on drug-related charges after recovering, Lupian said.
A hazardous materials crew was still at the scene shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, according to the fire department.
“Butane honey oil,” also called “wax,” has been a growing trend in the marijuana market, officials said. Dabs of it can be vaporized and inhaled without the smoke and pungent odor of marijuana, 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.
Two men suspected of operating what authorities said was a “butane honey oil extraction laboratory,” in which marijuana is turned into the "hash oil," were burned in a similar explosion last month in the city of Commerce.
One of several butane bottles located inside the home may have exploded and caused the fire, authorities said.
In January, several apartment units in El Cajon were damaged after what authorities said was a hash oil explosion. Two men who were allegedly operating the hash oil laboratory were severely burned in the incident.
Earlier this month in Glendale, police reported that they busted a hash oil operation, saying that the potential for a large explosion at the lab was "huge."
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...malibu-20140409,0,7719214.story#axzz2yQ042b4i
Suspected 'hash oil' lab explodes in Malibu home; 1 man burned
By Jason Wells
April 9, 2014, 6:09 a.m.
A suspected drug lab at a home in Malibu caught fire and exploded Tuesday, injuring one person who had to be transported to the hospital via helicopter, authorities said.
Firefighters responded to the home*in the 1200 block of Encinal Canyon Road shortly before 6:15 p.m.*to find it fully engulfed in flames,*according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Authorities later discovered the substance “honey oil” -- a type of marijuana oil -- at the residence, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Fray Lupian told KTLA-TV.
A 25-year-old man who was burned in the explosion and ensuing fire was airlifted to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center to be treated for his injuries, authorities said.
The man, who was not immediately identified, would likely be arrested on drug-related charges after recovering, Lupian said.
A hazardous materials crew was still at the scene shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, according to the fire department.
“Butane honey oil,” also called “wax,” has been a growing trend in the marijuana market, officials said. Dabs of it can be vaporized and inhaled without the smoke and pungent odor of marijuana, 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.
Two men suspected of operating what authorities said was a “butane honey oil extraction laboratory,” in which marijuana is turned into the "hash oil," were burned in a similar explosion last month in the city of Commerce.
One of several butane bottles located inside the home may have exploded and caused the fire, authorities said.
In January, several apartment units in El Cajon were damaged after what authorities said was a hash oil explosion. Two men who were allegedly operating the hash oil laboratory were severely burned in the incident.
Earlier this month in Glendale, police reported that they busted a hash oil operation, saying that the potential for a large explosion at the lab was "huge."
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
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This is 16 explosions in just the last 2 weeks, it almost sounds like a war zone. Wish someone would post some butane explosions on YouTube, maybe get some demo guys to show just how dangerous this stuff is, it takes no prisoners, it blows your ass off and fries whats left so that you look like Frankenstein; makes you wish that you'd never left your cushy job at the poultry house strangling chickens for the Colonel.
[Not an explosion but a preemptive confiscation that I thought of interest]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Published Thursday, April 10, 2014 11:04AM ADT
DIEPPE, N.B. - The RCMP in southeastern New Brunswick say they've dismantled a potentially explosive drug lab at a Dieppe home.
The Mounties say the lab was being used to extract marijuana oil.
They say chemicals used in that process pose the risk of an explosion, and levels of highly flammable butane gas were at an explosive level in one area of the home.
A special RCMP team wearing protective gear was called in to help dismantle the lab Tuesday after officers executed a search warrant.
Police say fire crews and paramedics were on standby as the team did its work.
No one was hurt.
The RCMP say two men, aged 21 and 23, were arrested at the scene and charges are anticipated.
Read more: http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/potentia...tled-in-n-b-home-rcmp-1.1769750#ixzz2yVnKqkNG
[Not an explosion but a preemptive confiscation that I thought of interest]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Published Thursday, April 10, 2014 11:04AM ADT
DIEPPE, N.B. - The RCMP in southeastern New Brunswick say they've dismantled a potentially explosive drug lab at a Dieppe home.
The Mounties say the lab was being used to extract marijuana oil.
They say chemicals used in that process pose the risk of an explosion, and levels of highly flammable butane gas were at an explosive level in one area of the home.
A special RCMP team wearing protective gear was called in to help dismantle the lab Tuesday after officers executed a search warrant.
Police say fire crews and paramedics were on standby as the team did its work.
No one was hurt.
The RCMP say two men, aged 21 and 23, were arrested at the scene and charges are anticipated.
Read more: http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/potentia...tled-in-n-b-home-rcmp-1.1769750#ixzz2yVnKqkNG
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http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=32957
SAN JACINTO – (INT) – Two men are in stable condition after being burned in the explosion of a hash oil lab.
Sheriff’s investigators say the blast brought first-responders to a burning travel trailer on Estudillo Avenue late Thursday night. Fire fighters had the flames contained in 20 minutes.
One of the men was found at the scene and the other a short distance away.
A lab of concentrated marijuana was found in the trailer.
Both men---aged 28 and 29---was taken to a local hospital.
Story Date: April 11, 2014
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
http://www.bing.com/search?q=2nd+and+3rd+degree+burn+pictures&form=APMCS1 Burn pictures, 2nd and 3rd degree
SAN JACINTO – (INT) – Two men are in stable condition after being burned in the explosion of a hash oil lab.
Sheriff’s investigators say the blast brought first-responders to a burning travel trailer on Estudillo Avenue late Thursday night. Fire fighters had the flames contained in 20 minutes.
One of the men was found at the scene and the other a short distance away.
A lab of concentrated marijuana was found in the trailer.
Both men---aged 28 and 29---was taken to a local hospital.
Story Date: April 11, 2014
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
http://www.bing.com/search?q=2nd+and+3rd+degree+burn+pictures&form=APMCS1 Burn pictures, 2nd and 3rd degree
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waywardwolf
Member
These are all horrible stories. I shake my head. Closed loop systems, outdoors folks!! If you can't afford one. Or have a safe place. You shouldn't be extracting. However if you must. Be willing to accept the consequences. The liability of another life & property never seemed worth it to me. My humble opinion of course. Peace
