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http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2015/03/24/st-cloud-fire-death-drug-related/70392038/

St. Cloud fire death was drug related
David Unze, [email protected] 6:19 a.m. CDT March 25, 2015
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An explosion and fire that killed an elderly woman in St. Cloud last year was started during a marijuana wax manufacturing operation.

The Department of Public Safety has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday in St. Paul to discuss the emergence of marijuana wax in Minnesota and the dangers of its use and manufacture.

The process of using butane to extract THC from marijuana and create a highly concentrated and potent form of the drug has grown, particularly in states that have legalized marijuana. It has been accompanied by explosions and house fires related to the extraction process.

An 85-year-old woman died in early December, two weeks after a Nov. 22 explosion and house fire at 1919 First St. N. Sally Douglas was injured from smoke inhalation and died at Hennepin County Medical Center two weeks after the fire.

Two St. Cloud-area men have been arrested and are expected in court Wednesday to face third-degree murder charges. They are accused of causing the fire that killed Douglas, said Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall.

Criminal complaints are expected to be filed against the suspects Wednesday morning, she said.

 

[DrFever]

Death penalty ???

 

[SkyHighLer]

Death penalty ???

We don't execute retards in the US.


I added a video link to my post above, there might be more video available tomorrow, they kept the helicopter stream going for quite awhile after the fire was extinguished.

Yep, more video this morning, bomb squad on the scene all night, arson investigators...

http://ktla.com/2015/04/24/firefighters-battling-blaze-at-two-story-home-in-los-feliz/

"Wall of flames, it looked like it was gonna overtake the whole block, it was crazy, it was really scary."

 

[SkyHighLer]

Watch the videos, please!

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Honey-Oil-Lab-Epidemic-Investigation-301111561.html

"Danger Next Door: A Growing Epidemic

It is illegal to make, but legal to use under California's medical marijuana law. While smoking it may not kill you, making it can, according to an elite team of narcotics investigators.

Butane Honey Oil, also known as wax or hash oil, is a highly concentrated form of marijuana that has grown in popularity the last several years.

Last year alone, Butane Honey Oil explosions killed 32 people in California, according to the Drug Endangered Children Training and Advocacy Center.

"It fires off like a bomb," said Keith Honore, a detective with an inter-agency narcotics task force called L.A. Impact.

"These things are going off on average of one a week," he said.

Surveillance video obtained exclusively by NBC4 shows how quickly things can turn potentially deadly.The video captures an explosion as two men are working in a marijuana hash oil lab in the city of Maywood.

Marijuana is extracted and boiled down using butane, which is odorless and highly flammable. In the Maywood incident, detectives said static electricity sparked the explosion. It is believed the men survived and are still on the run.

A similar explosion killed one person and left two others critically injured in Muscoy on Nov. 19, 2014.

Juan Zabala, whose face and fingers were burned in the explosion, said he was in the basement of the San Bernardino County home where his friends were making butane honey oil for the first time. He explained in Spanish, the explosion threw him across the room. His friend was killed.

"This one can and this extraction tube can blow up the average size room, or a house," Honore explained. "It's very, very dangerous."

There were 37 explosions in Los Angeles County in 2014. Of those, 16 exploded, according to statistics from the California Department of Justice.

Hundreds of residents at a Rosemead apartment complex were evacuated after a honey oil lab exploded in February.

Despite the dangers, demand is skyrocketing. Honey oil can sell for 10 tens more than marijuana in its regular form, and detectives estimate it can be three times stronger.

While it is illegal to manufacture honey oil, it is legal to use with a medical marijuana card.

"I can take a couple puffs of wax and I'm good," said Shani, a medical marijuana cardholder who did not want to disclose her last name.

She has stage four cancer and says she prefers wax because it is more discreet.

"This is not recreation. This is not because I live in L.A. because I can. I need to be a fully functioning adult," she explained. "The pain is so excruciating at times that all you can do is sit there and cry!"

Shani gets her wax from her trusted dispensary, but detectives warn there is no way of knowing where it is made or how.

"It's a catch 22," said Honore. "It's illegal to make and it's very dangerous, but it's selling like hotcakes. I don't think people realize you've got these high school students wanting to make honey oil themselves, they're in their garage, blowing themselves up!"

Earlier this month, California lawmakers approved Senate Bill 212, authored by Sen. Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia). The bill toughens penalties for individuals convicted of manufacturing BHO within 300 feet of an occupied residence or structure.

If you suspect a BHO lab is operating in your neighborhood, or you recognize the suspects in this surveillance video call the LAPD Tip Line at 800-222-8477.
Published at 12:47 PM PDT on Apr 23, 2015"

 

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http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_27778954/foote-bill-targets-unlicensed-hash-oil-labs

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Foote bill targets unlicensed hash oil labs
By John Fryar

Staff Writer
Posted: 03/24/2015 07:14:04 PM MDT | Updated: about a month ago

Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette
Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette (Longmont Times-Call)

An unlicensed marijuana-concentrate manufacturer who uses liquid butane or some other "inherently hazardous substance" in the process of extracting that concentrate could be charged with a felony under a Colorado law being proposed by state Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette.

The bill is partly a response to dozens of reports of Colorado home explosions and fires that have been attributed to the unsafe use of flammable chemicals in the production of hash oil, a potent concentrated form of THC, marijuana's active ingredient, .

Foote's House Bill 1305, introduced on Monday, would make it illegal for anyone who's not licensed "to knowingly manufacture marijuana concentrate" by using liquid chemicals, compressed gas, or commercial products having a flash point that's lower than 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

That prohibition would apply to unlicensed people making marijuana concentrate by using items that can easily explode if they come into contact with sparks or flames — substances such as butane, propane, or the solvent diethyl ether.

The Class 2 felony charge being proposed could also be filed against any non-licensed person "who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of any premises" and allows such inherently hazardous substances to be used in manufacturing marijuana concentrate on that premises.

Under Colorado law, anyone convicted of a Class 2 drug felony faces an four- to eight-year prison sentence, or a fine up to $750,000, or both.

Foote said his HB1305 wouldn't apply to licensed marijuana-concentrate manufacturers who observe the safety and location procedures spelled out in pertinent state and local regulations.

People who cause fires and explosions by ignoring those regulations, he said, can already be charged with crimes such as arson, Foote said.

He said, however, that his measure would give law enforcement officers a tool to try to prevent accidents, by allowing them to shut down unlicensed home hash production labs before the manufacturers blow up their homes or garages. endangering themselves and their neighbors.

Authorities have reported dozens of explosions from hash oil being produced unsafely in home labs, particularly since Colorado voters approved the possession of limited amounts of recreational marijuana in November 2012. Foote said there have been more than 30 such incidents statewide.

In Longmont, for example, police said they believed an attempt to extract hash oil caused a December 2013 explosion in a James Circle garage in south Longmont, with three men still dealing with flames and burning items when police arrived at the scene.

Longmont police said at the time that one of those men was hospitalized with serious burns, a second had some burns to his face and the third was uninjured. Police arrested all three on suspicion of arson and conspiracy to commit arson.

Foote said he and the legislative colleagues co-sponsoring his bill "are trying to clear up any confusion" between Colorado medical-marijuana patients' or recreational marijuana users' state constitutional rights to possess or produce marijuana concentrate, while addressing what his measure calls current law's "lack of clarity" about the elevated dangers of extracting that concentrate "in inappropriate, unregulated settings, including residential locations."

He said his bill would specifically allow licensed marijuana-concentrate manufacturers to use alcohol in extracting the hash oil, which he said is a safer procedure, as long as those manufacturers are following other state and local regulations.

HB1305's first stop will be a yet-to-be-scheduled hearing in the House Judiciary Committee.

Foote's bill starts out with bipartisan sponsorship. The primary House co-sponsor is Grand Junction Republican Rep. Yeulin Willett, and its primary Senate sponsors, if the measure clears the House, are Canon City Republican Kevin Grantham and Denver Democrat Mike Johnston.

John Fryar: 303-684-5211, [email protected] or twitter.com/jfryartc





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· 4 weeks ago
Isn't this just essential oil extraction? Doesn't this make it a FELONY to make medicine out of MMJ for your child with epilepsy? Or, flavorings for food? Or candles?

How do you differentiate between someone using the exact same techniques to produce, say, orange essential oil from Orange peels for food flavoring from MMJ?

Don't existing arson laws already cover all this? Cops and fireman do not need "more tools". They need to be smart about existing tools (laws) and use them intelligently.

What about things like this: www.extractcraft.com (in Longmont! I just found out about these guys earlier this year). Or this: http://oilextech.com/ ?

Is COOKING going to be a felony?

I'm all for safety, but not for making cooking (anything) a felony.
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· 4 weeks ago
This bill seems to be incredibly specific to MMJ extract if you look at the text, so I'm guessing we aren't going to see an increase in the number of felonies for cooking or making orange essential oils.

And my guess is that those most directly impacted by this are not going to be those who are extracting it to make legitimate medicine for their kids with epilepsy, but rather the recreational users who are trying to get a more potent high. In either case, if the person gets licensed, it looks like they will still be able to do it, so rest easy my friend.

 

[Lefthand]

Colorado HB 15 - 1305

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Date Chamber Apr 21, 2015 House Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
Apr 21, 2015 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments - Related Vote
Apr 20, 2015 House House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
Apr 17, 2015 House House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
Apr 9, 2015 House House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
Mar 23, 2015 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

Dam, I was having a great time on 4/20, unfortunately on the same day their bill to take away our rights cleared one more hurdle...

 

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http://www.superiortelegram.com/new...-woman-started-during-marijuana-wax-operation



Explosion, fire that killed St. Cloud woman started during marijuana wax operation

Posted on Mar 25, 2015 at 9:56 a.m.

By David Unze, St. Cloud Times

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- An explosion and fire that killed an elderly woman in St. Cloud last year was started during a marijuana wax manufacturing operation.

The Department of Public Safety has scheduled a news conference for today in St. Paul to discuss the emergence of marijuana wax in Minnesota and the dangers of its use and manufacture.

The process of using butane to extract THC from marijuana and create a highly concentrated and potent form of the drug has grown, particularly in states that have legalized marijuana. It has been accompanied by explosions and house fires related to the extraction process.

An 85-year-old woman died in early December, two weeks after a Nov. 22 explosion and house fire at 1919 First Street N.

Sally Douglas was injured from smoke inhalation and died at Hennepin County Medical Center two weeks after the fire.

Two St. Cloud-area men have been arrested and are expected in court today to face third-degree murder charges. They are accused of causing the fire that killed Douglas, said Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall.

Criminal complaints are expected to be filed against the suspects this morning, she said.

The Department of Public Safety, at the news conference today, also will discuss non-fatal overdoses related to dabbing, which is the process of inhaling the vapors from heating the concentrated marijuana oil. The extract is known as butane hash oil, or wax.

Concentrated marijuana oil has been a trend in recent years because it gives the user an intense high. The oil can be ingested or smoked and the smoke gives off no odor.

The percentage of THC, the psychoactive element in marijuana, in a marijuana cigarette is about 14 percent to 18 percent. The concentration of THC in butane hash oil can be as high as 85 percent to 90 percent.

Producing the oil is a highly dangerous process that involves using butane to release the THC. The butane then needs to be removed by further heating the concentrate. That adds flames to an already volatile mix, and any spark can ignite the butane, which becomes a gas at room temperature.

There has been no fires or explosions while using closed systems, this information should be sent to your local representatives before some draconian laws are made that include the systems that cause no problems. Once those laws are written, they willl be very difficult to amend, just look how long its taken to legalize cannabis since its proscription in the 1930's.

 

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http://www.abqjournal.com/564769/news/explosions-prompt-moves-to-limit-hash-oil-production.html


Explosions prompt moves to limit hash oil production

By Kristen Wyatt And Gene Johnson / The Associated Press
PUBLISHED: Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:05 am
A Denver man who suffered severe burns when he was making hash oil at home demonstrates the procedure last May. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

A Denver man who suffered severe burns when he was making hash oil at home demonstrates the procedure last May. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

DENVER – Alarmed by a rash of explosions and injuries caused when amateurs make hash oil, lawmakers in Colorado and Washington are considering spelling out what’s allowed when it comes to making the concentrated marijuana at home.

The proposals came after an increase in home fires and blasts linked to homemade hash oil, concentrated marijuana that can be inhaled or eaten.

In Colorado, at least 30 people were injured last year in 32 butane explosions involving hash oil – nearly three times the number reported throughout 2013, according to officials with the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a state-federal enforcement program.

Washington’s legal marijuana law in 2012 did not permit the production of hash or even edibles at home; it technically remains a felony even to use weed purchased at a state-licensed store to make brownies.

Federal prosecutors in Seattle have brought charges in five cases where hash-oil operations blew up, including at one apartment complex where an 87-year-old former mayor of Bellevue died after sustaining an injury while trying to escape a fire that started in another unit.

People make hash oil at home for the same reasons they make beer, wine or booze – to save money, make it to personal taste, or as a hobby.

Though there are safer methods, such as soaking marijuana in a vegetable-based glycerin, one common practice is to force a solvent such as butane or propane gas or liquid through leafy cannabis, a process that separates its psychoactive material from buds, leaves and stems.

After the extraction, the hash-maker then releases the gas or boils off the liquid, leaving behind marijuana’s psychoactive material in a potent goop. The resulting product – called hash oil or shatter or wax in even more concentrated form – can be added to foods without the grassy taste raw pot imparts.

Without proper ventilation, though, the gases can pool in a room, where a spark from an appliance can trigger a severe explosion.

Washington lawmakers are proposing to allow limited home hash production, though butane or other explosive gases would be banned except for use by commercial producers. Safer methods would be OK, and adults would be allowed to use cooking oil, butter or similar substances to make edibles.

“We have a little problem here with people blowing themselves up,” said Washington state Sen. Ann Rivers, the Republican sponsor of that state’s measure. “Anything we can do to stop that from happening.”

In Colorado, where hash regulations vary by jurisdiction, a bill up for its first vote next week in a House committee would establish a similar ban on the use of explosive gases to make hash.

“People who make it at home, they can do so with alcohol or methods that are safe,” said Colorado state Rep. Yeulin Willett, a sponsor of the bill.

Colorado’s largest jurisdiction, Denver, banned some types of home hash production late last year. A similar ban is under discussion in the state’s third-largest city, Aurora.

But some marijuana activists argue that when pot is legal, concentrating it at home should be legal, too. They compare the hash explosions to fires caused by turkey fryers and call it a problem with a new product that is best addressed by consumer education.

“Sure, there have been numerous dangerous explosions and fires from idiots who are determined to blow themselves up participating in activities which need considerable safety precautions,” said Timothy Tipton of the Rocky Mountain Caregivers Cooperative.

Tipton insisted that butane extraction is perfectly safe with proper ventilation or when done outside.

Supporters of home production also say Colorado’s law is on their side. The state’s marijuana legalization measure specifically included concentrated marijuana and all its production methods.

Just last month, the Denver district attorney dropped a case against a man facing felony charges of manufacturing marijuana concentrate and fourth-degree arson. The man, Paul Mannaioni, was charged last year after a hash oil explosion sent him and two other people to a hospital.

Mannaioni challenged the legality of Denver’s hash oil ban, prompting Colorado’s former attorney general to say the marijuana amendment allows limits on home production.

The charges were later dismissed after prosecutors said they couldn’t tie him to the explosion beyond a reasonable doubt, leaving the legality of the city’s hash oil ban unresolved.


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[Lefthand]

That's great that they dropped the charges.
But unfortunately H.B. 1305 has PASSED the house and the Senate with no opposition, it is sitting on the Gov's desk waiting to get signed into law..
Law goes into effect on..... JULY 1ST 2015...

 

[Lefthand]

(4) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE
2 REQUIRES, "INHERENTLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE" MEANS ANY LIQUID
3 CHEMICAL, COMPRESSED GAS, OR COMMERCIAL PRODUCT THAT HAS A
4 FLASH POINT AT OR LOWER THAN THIRTY-EIGHT DEGREES CELSIUS OR ONE
5 HUNDRED DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, INCLUDING BUTANE, PROPANE, AND
6 DIETHYL ETHER AND EXCLUDING ALL FORMS OF ALCOHOL AND ETHANOL.

 

[Lefthand]

(2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, due to its elevated danger.
13 SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 18-18-406.6 as
14 follows:
15 18-18-406.6. Extraction of marijuana concentrate - definitions.
16 (1) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT LICENSED
17 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 43.3 OR 43.4 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S., TO KNOWINGLY
18 MANUFACTURE MARIJUANA CONCENTRATE USING AN INHERENTLY
19 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE.
20 (2) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT LICENSED
21 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 43.3 OR 43.4 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S., WHO OWNS,
22 MANAGES, OPERATES, OR OTHERWISE CONTROLS THE USE OF ANY
23 PREMISES TO KNOWINGLY ALLOW MARIJUANA CONCENTRATE TO BE
24 MANUFACTURED ON THE PREMISES USING AN INHERENTLY HAZARDOUS
25 SUBSTANCE.
26 (3) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION COMMITS A LEVEL 2
27 DRUG FELONY.

 

[GratefulOne]

(2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, due to its elevated danger.
13 SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 18-18-406.6 as
14 follows:
15 18-18-406.6. Extraction of marijuana concentrate - definitions.
16 (1) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT LICENSED
17 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 43.3 OR 43.4 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S., TO KNOWINGLY
18 MANUFACTURE MARIJUANA CONCENTRATE USING AN INHERENTLY
19 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE.
20 (2) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT LICENSED
21 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 43.3 OR 43.4 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S., WHO OWNS,
22 MANAGES, OPERATES, OR OTHERWISE CONTROLS THE USE OF ANY
23 PREMISES TO KNOWINGLY ALLOW MARIJUANA CONCENTRATE TO BE
24 MANUFACTURED ON THE PREMISES USING AN INHERENTLY HAZARDOUS
25 SUBSTANCE.
26 (3) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION COMMITS A LEVEL 2
27 DRUG FELONY.

Just as non commercial body painting, fiberglass work and welding are allowed so should everything else that is dangerous on the same level. Requiring non-commercial to have the same inspections, approved equipment, etc is all that is needed. So will they create a non-commercial "license" that is easy and cheap to obtain if you are able to pass inspections?

 

[Lefthand]

people will have to have/work for a MMIP license holder:
Medical Marijuana Infused Product Manufacturer (MMIP): Facility which produces Medical Marijuana infused products such as: edibles, concentrates (hash), tinctures or beverages. These facilities are only authorized to wholesale their products to Licensed Medical Marijuana Centers (C.R.S. §12-43.3-404)

State gov wants the tax $$$

 

[Lefthand]

Just as non commercial body painting, fiberglass work and welding are allowed so should everything else that is dangerous on the same level. Requiring non-commercial to have the same inspections, approved equipment, etc is all that is needed. So will they create a non-commercial "license" that is easy and cheap to obtain if you are able to pass inspections?

They have no motivation to create a non commercial license, this bill makes sure any bho made will consistently create lots revenue through applications, fees, taxes, ect.. It will also be in fully controlled enviroments that are properly zoned.

That said, I am 100% against this bill. Making closed loop extractions illegal only leads to more fire/explosions.
Its a lot easier to hide a open blast tube and some butane cans and use pyrex baking dish from the kitchen, than it is for me to hide my State Certified Extractor and my federally approved butane recovery tank.

GratefulOne, man I wish they would amend their law to allow a license for non commercial, this is game over for me.. After geeking out on closed loop tech other methods seem a little boring.

 

[jpdnkstr]

How much for a commercial license in CO?

 

[snake11]

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[jump /injack]

Sueing Shell Oil for selling him butate that exploded

Sueing Shell Oil for selling him butate that exploded

http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/05/22/man-blames-shell-for-hash-oil-explosion.htm



PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - A medical marijuana patient sued Shell Oil, claiming it sold him butane that exploded, burning him and killing a friend as they tried to make hash oil.
Kevin Tveisme, who has a medical marijuana card, sued PacWest Energy, Shell Oil, Hai's Shell Station and 10 others on Wednesday in Multnomah County Court, blaming them for the explosion of the odorless butane.
Tveisme says he bought four packages of Power 5X butane at the Shell gas station on SE 121st and Foster Road in Portland on May 27, 2013.
He claims defendants marketed the butane as "an acceptable 'solvent' for the residential preparation of butane hash oil."
However, "Unbeknownst to plaintiff, during the extraction process, butane can fill the vapor space, and can quickly fill and enclosed area," Tveisme says.
He blames the defendants for failing to odorize their butane, or warn him about it.
They day they bought the butane, Tveisme says, he and his friend Joseph Westom used it to make hash oil in his garage with an extraction tube. Such tubes are "generally 2 feet long and 1.5 inches in circumference."
Unfortunately, theirs exploded, giving Tveisme third-degree burns over half his body and burning Westom so severely he died, according to the complaint.
Tveisme claims defendants' butane has caused multiple deaths and injuries, but they refuse to add a scent or a warning label.
He demands $11 million for product liability, failure to warn, breach of implied warranty and negligence.
He is represented by Scott Kocher with the Forum Law Group.
Here are the defendants: Pacwest Energy LLC, Jackson's Food Stores Inc., Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Products US, Hai Chheng Gov, Hai's Shell Station, Hai's Shell #2, Vision International Petroleum LLC, LPC Petroleum LLC, Kimhong Leang LLC, Global Lion Inc., BK Power Imports Inc. and Bosco Kwon.
Medical marijuana has been legal in Oregon since 1998. Voters legalized recreational marijuana in November 2014. That law will take effect July 1.

 

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http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/West-Hills-Home-Explos


Home Oil Explosion Rocks West Hills Home

Walls of a West Hills home were reduced to rubble over the weekend in an explosion investigators now say was the result of a butane honey oil lab.

The home went up in flames and glass flew as windows shattered Saturday night in the 6500 block of N. Ellenview Avenue, Los Angeles police and fire officials said.

Explosive Fire Breaks Out at West Hills Home

Police found marijuana growing in the garage that night, but couldn't search for evidence butane honey oil, also known as wax or hash oil, until daylight because the house was crumbling on itself, detectives said.

Investigators found the self-contained system used to manufacture butane honey oil (BHO) in the rubble Sunday morning, said LAPD Detective Keith Honore, of interagency narcotics task force L.A. Impact.
Honey Oil Blast Rocks West Hills Home
[LA] Honey Oil Blast Rocks West Hills Home
Investigators found evidence of a butane honey oil manufacturing system in the rubble of a West Hills home that exploded in flames. Kate Larsen reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 24, 2015. (Published Monday, May 25, 2015)

When making BHO, marijuana is extracted and boiled down using butane, which is odorless and highly flammable.

"I was upstairs laying on the bed, all of the sudden I felt this ka-boom," said neighbor John Clemans, who lives yards from the home that caught fire. "I thought it was a preshock to a big earthquake."

Danger Next Door: A Growing Epidemic

Two people with burns were detained after being found several blocks away Saturday night, police said.


When will they learn not to extract inside. What is the matter with these people, get this operation out of the house, get it out of a populated area, if you can't do this you shouldn't be involved with BHO because you don't have the brains to pull it off. Look at some of the pictures posted, GOOGLE burns, 2nd and 3rd degree and see if you could take this pain, it lasts years in some cases, look at the pictures.

 

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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/injured+Courtenay+fire+were+making+hash+RCMP/11081200/story.html


Men injured in Courtenay fire were making hash oil: RCMP



Men injured in Courtenay fire were making hash oil: RCMP

Clouds of smoke billow from a residence, believed to be a duplex, on First Street in Courtenay on Friday, May 22, 2015.
Photograph by: CHEK News , Times Colonist

Comox Valley RCMP say three men seriously injured in an explosive fire that gutted a Courtenay home Friday were producing hash oil.

“Police are confident that the cause of the house explosion and fire on [Friday] in Courtenay is criminal in nature,” Const. Don Sinclair said today.

Three men — 25, 28 and 29 — remain in hospitals in Victoria and Vancouver with serious injuries after a blaze that neighbours report involved loud explosions.

Neighbours reported the fire at 4:56 p.m. Friday.

Comox Valley RCMP and Courtenay firefighters quickly deemed the fire in the 2000-block of First Street, near Rod & Gun Road, suspicious.

Shortly after the explosion, three men were seen rushing out of the house, police said. The men jumped into a vehicle and drive off.

“This is a tragic reminder of the serious risks involved in the production of illegal drugs,” said Sinclair.

“We cannot stress enough to anyone considering this sort of activity to think of the pain and anguish these three men and their families now face, and reconsider their plans.”

All three men were located at St. Joseph’s General Hospital a short time later where they were receiving treatment for life-threatening injuries as a result of the fire, Sinclair said on the weekend.

RCMP said the men were taken to other specialized hospital units due to the severity of their injuries.

“No further details on their medical status will be released by police, to protect their privacy,” Sinclair said.

On Saturday, police conducted a search of the house after obtaining a search warrant under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act.

Police say they located equipment and other evidence that is used in the production of hash oil.


Google up 2nd and 3rd Degree Burns and see what Butane does to someone when it explodes, the heat generated from the blast is over 3400 degree's enough to melt steel and eyeballs. 3 explosions reported this week today and major injuries and death. Don't do this inside and in a residential area where there are children and others that could be hurt seriously. This is not something that can be done safely inside where fumes are contained, the explosion can knock the house off of the foundation and lift the roof, if you are in the the Butane fireball, you will be going to the hospital for months of grief in the 3rd degree.Then after spending 100's of thousands of dollars you will go to jail and in some jurisdiction you'll get up to 20 years if children and others are involved.

 

[SkyHighLer]

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/West-Hills-Home-Explos


Home Oil Explosion Rocks West Hills Home

Walls of a West Hills home were reduced to rubble over the weekend in an explosion investigators now say was the result of a butane honey oil lab.

The home went up in flames and glass flew as windows shattered Saturday night in the 6500 block of N. Ellenview Avenue, Los Angeles police and fire officials said.

Explosive Fire Breaks Out at West Hills Home

Police found marijuana growing in the garage that night, but couldn't search for evidence butane honey oil, also known as wax or hash oil, until daylight because the house was crumbling on itself, detectives said.

Investigators found the self-contained system used to manufacture butane honey oil (BHO) in the rubble Sunday morning, said LAPD Detective Keith Honore, of interagency narcotics task force L.A. Impact.
Honey Oil Blast Rocks West Hills Home
[LA] Honey Oil Blast Rocks West Hills Home
Investigators found evidence of a butane honey oil manufacturing system in the rubble of a West Hills home that exploded in flames. Kate Larsen reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 24, 2015. (Published Monday, May 25, 2015)

When making BHO, marijuana is extracted and boiled down using butane, which is odorless and highly flammable.

"I was upstairs laying on the bed, all of the sudden I felt this ka-boom," said neighbor John Clemans, who lives yards from the home that caught fire. "I thought it was a preshock to a big earthquake."

Danger Next Door: A Growing Epidemic

Two people with burns were detained after being found several blocks away Saturday night, police said.


When will they learn not to extract inside. What is the matter with these people, get this operation out of the house, get it out of a populated area, if you can't do this you shouldn't be involved with BHO because you don't have the brains to pull it off. Look at some of the pictures posted, GOOGLE burns, 2nd and 3rd degree and see if you could take this pain, it lasts years in some cases, look at the pictures.

Here's a working link, the CLS stainless steel extractor ain't so 'shiny' no more. ;-)

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...-Honey-Oil-Marijuana-304922191.html#304865741

I don't even have the words to express my disgust...