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Full page ads about the dangers in all the marijuana magazines too and maybe some PSA's. But knowing our government they'll probably try to regulate butane or some other stupid idea.
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Full page ads about the dangers in all the marijuana magazines too and maybe some PSA's. But knowing our government they'll probably try to regulate butane or some other stupid idea.
This is what is going to happen very soon to butane extraction if these hooligans don't stop blowing themselves and their neighbors up. If this would have happened before the legalization in some states, there would have been NO legalization.
The industrial manufacture of mercaptans is carried out by combining an alcohol with hydrogen sulfide (H2S), for example, methyl mercaptan is produced by the reaction CH3OH + H2S -> CH3SH + H2O. One of their main uses is as additives to natural gas; because of their strong smells, only tiny amounts are required to render gas leaks easily detectable. Methyl mercaptan is used in the manufacture of some pesticides. It is also converted to dimethyl disulphide (DMDS), which is used to remove tar from the catalysts used in petroleum refining.
The industrial manufacture of mercaptans is carried out by combining an alcohol with hydrogen sulfide (H2S), for example, methyl mercaptan is produced by the reaction CH3OH + H2S -> CH3SH + H2O. One of their main uses is as additives to natural gas; because of their strong smells, only tiny amounts are required to render gas leaks easily detectable. Methyl mercaptan is used in the manufacture of some pesticides. It is also converted to dimethyl disulphide (DMDS), which is used to remove tar from the catalysts used in petroleum refining.
On east coast, never hear about it, but do not follow news except TV stories.
My secondary concern, after saving lives, is perception of the process. Could see millions being allocated for crackdowns, on the wise, because of the stupid.
I check everything between runs, to make sure no leaks.
Old saying - "Better Safe than Sorry"!!!!
My secondary concern, after saving lives, is perception of the process. Could see millions being allocated for crackdowns, on the wise, because of the stupid.
I check everything between runs, to make sure no leaks.
Old saying - "Better Safe than Sorry"!!!!
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http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2014/04/forest_grove_man_arrested_afte.html
Summary: A man accused of being a felon in possession of a firearm has been convicted and sentenced in Washington County Circuit Court.
The case: On Jan. 10, Forest Grove police and fire crews responded to an explosion at a home in the 1900 block of 22nd Avenue, found to be caused by cooking hash oil. The explosion injured the man cooking the hash oil. In the ensuing investigation, weapons were found in the home, and investigators determined the renter, who was not cooking the hash oil, was prohibited from possessing them. The renter, Jason A. Ghores, 24, was arrested Jan. 15 by Forest Grove Police on suspicion of felon in possession of a firearm, and then released.
Update: On March 24, Ghores pleaded guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
Sentence: Ghores was sentenced to three years of probation and fined $300. Ghores is not to own or possess weapons and must forfeit any weapons seized by police for destruction.
Above in an update on a previous story shown below.
Washington County authorities have arrested a 23-year-old man as part of an investigation that started after a hash oil explosion at a Forest Grove home earlier this month, police said.
Jason A. Ghores was arrested Jan. 15 on an accusation of felon in possession of a firearm, said Capt. Mike Herb, a Forest Grove police spokesman. A member of the county’s Westside Interagency Narcotics Team reportedly made the arrest.
Herb said Ghores was the renter at the apartment where the explosion occurred. Authorities found the weapons in the home, Herb said, and determined Ghores was prohibited from possessing them.
Ghores, who pleaded guilty to first-degree theft in 2008 according to court records, was booked and released, Herb said. He is scheduled to appear in court later this month, according to jail staff.
No other arrests have been made.
Previous Story below
The Jan. 10 explosion critically injured Christopher S. Regensburger, 27, according to authorities. Police say Regensburger was cooking hash oil when the explosion occurred.
He has been receiving treatment at the Oregon Burn Center at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center since the two-alarm fire in the 1900 block of 22nd Avenue.
The explosion and blaze displaced five people, including Regensburger, police said. Two people suffered injuries that were not life-threatening while escaping the flames, according to Forest Grove Fire & Rescue. Three cats were killed.
The incident marked the second reported explosion in 10 months in Forest Grove caused by cooking hash oil, a concentrated form of marijuana, and the third in 14 months in Washington County.
The previous two incidents resulted in arrests and later probation for the two men involved.
-- Rebecca Woolington and Everton Bailey Jr.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
Summary: A man accused of being a felon in possession of a firearm has been convicted and sentenced in Washington County Circuit Court.
The case: On Jan. 10, Forest Grove police and fire crews responded to an explosion at a home in the 1900 block of 22nd Avenue, found to be caused by cooking hash oil. The explosion injured the man cooking the hash oil. In the ensuing investigation, weapons were found in the home, and investigators determined the renter, who was not cooking the hash oil, was prohibited from possessing them. The renter, Jason A. Ghores, 24, was arrested Jan. 15 by Forest Grove Police on suspicion of felon in possession of a firearm, and then released.
Update: On March 24, Ghores pleaded guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
Sentence: Ghores was sentenced to three years of probation and fined $300. Ghores is not to own or possess weapons and must forfeit any weapons seized by police for destruction.
Above in an update on a previous story shown below.
Washington County authorities have arrested a 23-year-old man as part of an investigation that started after a hash oil explosion at a Forest Grove home earlier this month, police said.
Jason A. Ghores was arrested Jan. 15 on an accusation of felon in possession of a firearm, said Capt. Mike Herb, a Forest Grove police spokesman. A member of the county’s Westside Interagency Narcotics Team reportedly made the arrest.
Herb said Ghores was the renter at the apartment where the explosion occurred. Authorities found the weapons in the home, Herb said, and determined Ghores was prohibited from possessing them.
Ghores, who pleaded guilty to first-degree theft in 2008 according to court records, was booked and released, Herb said. He is scheduled to appear in court later this month, according to jail staff.
No other arrests have been made.
Previous Story below
The Jan. 10 explosion critically injured Christopher S. Regensburger, 27, according to authorities. Police say Regensburger was cooking hash oil when the explosion occurred.
He has been receiving treatment at the Oregon Burn Center at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center since the two-alarm fire in the 1900 block of 22nd Avenue.
The explosion and blaze displaced five people, including Regensburger, police said. Two people suffered injuries that were not life-threatening while escaping the flames, according to Forest Grove Fire & Rescue. Three cats were killed.
The incident marked the second reported explosion in 10 months in Forest Grove caused by cooking hash oil, a concentrated form of marijuana, and the third in 14 months in Washington County.
The previous two incidents resulted in arrests and later probation for the two men involved.
-- Rebecca Woolington and Everton Bailey Jr.
"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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http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25648201/explosion-small-fire-at-jeffco-townhome
There was an explosion and fire inside a townhome in Jefferson County on Sunday.
LITTLETON- One man was taken to the hospital Saturday night after he and his girlfriend caused an explosion while cooking butane hash oil, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says there was an 8-month-old child and 3-year-old child inside the home at the time of the explosion. They are unharmed and have been placed with family members.
The incident has prompted an multi-unit investigation by West Metro Fire Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office arson unit and crimes against children unit.
Charges are pending and include both child abuse and arson. Police are not releasing the identities of anyone involved yet.
Two children caught in marijuana oil explosion
By Tom McGhee
The Denver Post
POSTED: * 04/27/2014 08:42:14 AM MDT
Two small children were in a Jefferson County townhouse that exploded while their parents were making a marijuana concentrate, Sheriff's spokesman Mark Techmeyer said Sunday.
Neither child, a three-year-old and an eight-month-old, nor their mother, were hurt in the explosion Saturday night or the fire it created..
The father has been hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries.
Child Protection Services has placed the children with family members, Techmeyer said.
No charges have yet been filed, and authorities haven't identified the couple. Possible charges include arson and child abuse.
"They were cooking hash oil. We haven't been able to interview them yet," Techmeyer said.
A variety of fuels can be used to extract cannabis resins from the plant to produce hash oil, which concentrates THC, making the oil far more powerful than the buds when they are smoked.
THC is the psychoactive chemical that produces a high in users.
The process is dangerous and has caused a rash of explosions in Colorado and around the country.
Techmeyer said he didn't know what the couple was using to make the oil.
"They primarily use butane and it is not a complicated process," Techmeyer said.
"It is dangerous. Butane is a heavy gas so fumes drop to the floor, and if you just have a little spark" there can be an explosion, he said.
Marijuana concentrates including a highly-potent wax and a brittle substance that can be smoked, called shatter, are legal in Colorado. They can be purchased at medical and retail marijuana shops.
State licenses are required to produce the products. "Logically speaking, a reasonable person would say you can't put anyone else's safety at risk," Techmeyer said.
The incident at 6712 South Independence St., near Holland Way, was reported at 8:41 p.m., , West Metro Fire Rescue Division Chief Gary Armstrong said.
"The fire was out when we got there. It is being evaluated, there was not much damage at all," Armstrong said.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
There was an explosion and fire inside a townhome in Jefferson County on Sunday.
LITTLETON- One man was taken to the hospital Saturday night after he and his girlfriend caused an explosion while cooking butane hash oil, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says there was an 8-month-old child and 3-year-old child inside the home at the time of the explosion. They are unharmed and have been placed with family members.
The incident has prompted an multi-unit investigation by West Metro Fire Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office arson unit and crimes against children unit.
Charges are pending and include both child abuse and arson. Police are not releasing the identities of anyone involved yet.
Two children caught in marijuana oil explosion
By Tom McGhee
The Denver Post
POSTED: * 04/27/2014 08:42:14 AM MDT
Two small children were in a Jefferson County townhouse that exploded while their parents were making a marijuana concentrate, Sheriff's spokesman Mark Techmeyer said Sunday.
Neither child, a three-year-old and an eight-month-old, nor their mother, were hurt in the explosion Saturday night or the fire it created..
The father has been hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries.
Child Protection Services has placed the children with family members, Techmeyer said.
No charges have yet been filed, and authorities haven't identified the couple. Possible charges include arson and child abuse.
"They were cooking hash oil. We haven't been able to interview them yet," Techmeyer said.
A variety of fuels can be used to extract cannabis resins from the plant to produce hash oil, which concentrates THC, making the oil far more powerful than the buds when they are smoked.
THC is the psychoactive chemical that produces a high in users.
The process is dangerous and has caused a rash of explosions in Colorado and around the country.
Techmeyer said he didn't know what the couple was using to make the oil.
"They primarily use butane and it is not a complicated process," Techmeyer said.
"It is dangerous. Butane is a heavy gas so fumes drop to the floor, and if you just have a little spark" there can be an explosion, he said.
Marijuana concentrates including a highly-potent wax and a brittle substance that can be smoked, called shatter, are legal in Colorado. They can be purchased at medical and retail marijuana shops.
State licenses are required to produce the products. "Logically speaking, a reasonable person would say you can't put anyone else's safety at risk," Techmeyer said.
The incident at 6712 South Independence St., near Holland Way, was reported at 8:41 p.m., , West Metro Fire Rescue Division Chief Gary Armstrong said.
"The fire was out when we got there. It is being evaluated, there was not much damage at all," Armstrong said.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Making+hash+cigs+dangerous+police/9782770/story.html
Extracting hash oil for e-cigarettes has been blamed for fatal fires in the U.S. and Alberta, but the RCMP say it hasn't yet become a concern in Saskatchewan.
Photograph by: Joe Raedle, Getty Images Files , The Starphoenix
Explosive hash oil extraction operations that cater to electronic cigarette users wanting to get high are not yet a concern in Saskatchewan, law enforcement officials say.
Provincial RCMP shared its view on the problem shortly after the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team warned citizens about the dangers of volatile hash oil production operations, which are believed to be increasing in number as the popularity of electronic cigarettes surges.
Hash oil - which can be produced by soaking marijuana leaves, stems and buds in liquid butane or isopropyl alcohol and then boiling away the liquid to leave a potent resin - can be easily and inconspicuously "vaped" through the vapour-producing cigarettes. The process of extracting the resin is highly volatile and has been blamed for a handful of fatal fires in the United States and Alberta.
"It's difficult to say whether that particular trend will come to this province," said Sgt. Craig Toffoli from the Saskatchewan RCMP's integrated organized crime north unit. "We haven't seen any explosions or fires associated with resin production."
Toffoli said the provincial RCMP is "not at the point" of putting out safety bulletins about hash oil extraction sites and that his unit has identified just two hash oil extraction sites in the province since 2013, neither of which was associated with a fire or explosion.
By comparison, Alberta has seen two significant explosions as a result of hash oil extraction gone wrong.
In May 2013, a man was killed in Evansburg, about an hour west of Edmonton, when an explosion caused by isolating marijuana resin levelled his house. Two months later, a Calgary man attempting to extract hash oil blew out his garage door and suffered minor burns.
"It's volatile. When you start using the isopropyl and butane or whichever method you're doing, it's extremely dangerous," said Sgt. Dwayne Karpo of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team's Green Team North.
Karpo said, while the number of explosions in Alberta is small, there's a potential for the problem to grow as demand for hash oil increases - and his team is trying to proactively crack down on hash oil production before it takes off in the province.
"These e-cigarettes for smoking weed oil, it's big in the States and now it's making its way up here and you see it everywhere from the school yards, to concerts, you name it," Karpo said.
He said the current hash oil market is "very lucrative" and is encouraging some people with marijuana grow operations to delve into the dangerous practice of resin extraction in order to maximize their profits by harvesting parts of the plant not previously used.
"Years ago, it was strictly just marijuana grows with your typical process to dry marijuana but now it's a new market," Karpo said, adding that anyone who wants to extract hash oil can easily find step-by-step instructions online.
Mitch Tarala, who runs Vapor Jedi, Saskatoon's electronic cigarette shop, said marijuana extract can't be smoked in standard cigarettes and that people looking to get high by vaping need to find electroniccigarette-type products, specially designed to use herbal and resin compounds.
Standard electronic cigarettes, such as those sold at Tarala's shop, are typically used by former smokers who inhale nicotine through disposable cartridges filled with flavoured "e-juice."
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
Extracting hash oil for e-cigarettes has been blamed for fatal fires in the U.S. and Alberta, but the RCMP say it hasn't yet become a concern in Saskatchewan.
Photograph by: Joe Raedle, Getty Images Files , The Starphoenix
Explosive hash oil extraction operations that cater to electronic cigarette users wanting to get high are not yet a concern in Saskatchewan, law enforcement officials say.
Provincial RCMP shared its view on the problem shortly after the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team warned citizens about the dangers of volatile hash oil production operations, which are believed to be increasing in number as the popularity of electronic cigarettes surges.
Hash oil - which can be produced by soaking marijuana leaves, stems and buds in liquid butane or isopropyl alcohol and then boiling away the liquid to leave a potent resin - can be easily and inconspicuously "vaped" through the vapour-producing cigarettes. The process of extracting the resin is highly volatile and has been blamed for a handful of fatal fires in the United States and Alberta.
"It's difficult to say whether that particular trend will come to this province," said Sgt. Craig Toffoli from the Saskatchewan RCMP's integrated organized crime north unit. "We haven't seen any explosions or fires associated with resin production."
Toffoli said the provincial RCMP is "not at the point" of putting out safety bulletins about hash oil extraction sites and that his unit has identified just two hash oil extraction sites in the province since 2013, neither of which was associated with a fire or explosion.
By comparison, Alberta has seen two significant explosions as a result of hash oil extraction gone wrong.
In May 2013, a man was killed in Evansburg, about an hour west of Edmonton, when an explosion caused by isolating marijuana resin levelled his house. Two months later, a Calgary man attempting to extract hash oil blew out his garage door and suffered minor burns.
"It's volatile. When you start using the isopropyl and butane or whichever method you're doing, it's extremely dangerous," said Sgt. Dwayne Karpo of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team's Green Team North.
Karpo said, while the number of explosions in Alberta is small, there's a potential for the problem to grow as demand for hash oil increases - and his team is trying to proactively crack down on hash oil production before it takes off in the province.
"These e-cigarettes for smoking weed oil, it's big in the States and now it's making its way up here and you see it everywhere from the school yards, to concerts, you name it," Karpo said.
He said the current hash oil market is "very lucrative" and is encouraging some people with marijuana grow operations to delve into the dangerous practice of resin extraction in order to maximize their profits by harvesting parts of the plant not previously used.
"Years ago, it was strictly just marijuana grows with your typical process to dry marijuana but now it's a new market," Karpo said, adding that anyone who wants to extract hash oil can easily find step-by-step instructions online.
Mitch Tarala, who runs Vapor Jedi, Saskatoon's electronic cigarette shop, said marijuana extract can't be smoked in standard cigarettes and that people looking to get high by vaping need to find electroniccigarette-type products, specially designed to use herbal and resin compounds.
Standard electronic cigarettes, such as those sold at Tarala's shop, are typically used by former smokers who inhale nicotine through disposable cartridges filled with flavoured "e-juice."
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
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http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/04/29/hash-oil-explosion-leadville-butane/8457161/
Liz Lambert, KUSA 12:05 p.m. MDT April 29, 2014
LEADVILLE – Butane used to create hash oil caused an explosion that blew out windows in a Leadville home Monday afternoon.
The Lake County Office of Emergency Management says no one was inside the home on East 6th Street at the time. Authorities say butane left in an extraction tube leaked out and the refrigerator compressor or the gas oven may have been what ignited it. Butane is used to extract hash oil from marijuana.
This is one of several such incidents that have happened recently in Colorado. Authorities warn the hash oil extraction process puts neighboring homes at risk as well as the homes where extraction is taking place.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive." Burn picture below, not for the squeamish or faint of heart. A butane fireball is over 3000 degrees, below is what happens to the flesh at that type of heat.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
Liz Lambert, KUSA 12:05 p.m. MDT April 29, 2014
LEADVILLE – Butane used to create hash oil caused an explosion that blew out windows in a Leadville home Monday afternoon.
The Lake County Office of Emergency Management says no one was inside the home on East 6th Street at the time. Authorities say butane left in an extraction tube leaked out and the refrigerator compressor or the gas oven may have been what ignited it. Butane is used to extract hash oil from marijuana.
This is one of several such incidents that have happened recently in Colorado. Authorities warn the hash oil extraction process puts neighboring homes at risk as well as the homes where extraction is taking place.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive." Burn picture below, not for the squeamish or faint of heart. A butane fireball is over 3000 degrees, below is what happens to the flesh at that type of heat.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Leandro-explosion-injures-3-5440458.php
San Leandro explosion injures 3
Henry K. Lee
Updated 7:00*am, Wednesday, April 30, 2014
(04-30) 01:06 PDT SAN LEANDRO -- Three people were hurt in a possible butane explosion Tuesday night in San Leandro, authorities*said.
The incident was reported along the railroad tracks near Hesperian Boulevard and Springlake Drive about 9:30 p.m.
Three people suffering from apparent chemical burns were taken to hospitals. Two were reported to be in critical condition, according to the Alameda County Fire Department.
Hazardous materials crews, San Leandro police, sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol officers were on the*scene.
Authorities said preliminary reports indicated the incident resulted from a butane explosion in a homeless encampment along the tracks. Butane is a highly flammable*gas.
Police searched the encampment after the explosion and did not find additional*victims.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
San Leandro explosion injures 3
Henry K. Lee
Updated 7:00*am, Wednesday, April 30, 2014
(04-30) 01:06 PDT SAN LEANDRO -- Three people were hurt in a possible butane explosion Tuesday night in San Leandro, authorities*said.
The incident was reported along the railroad tracks near Hesperian Boulevard and Springlake Drive about 9:30 p.m.
Three people suffering from apparent chemical burns were taken to hospitals. Two were reported to be in critical condition, according to the Alameda County Fire Department.
Hazardous materials crews, San Leandro police, sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol officers were on the*scene.
Authorities said preliminary reports indicated the incident resulted from a butane explosion in a homeless encampment along the tracks. Butane is a highly flammable*gas.
Police searched the encampment after the explosion and did not find additional*victims.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
Haha, that's great!
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Leandro-burn-victims-making-hash-oil-in-tent-5440458.php
lmao
SAN LEANDRO -- A butane explosion that critically wounded two people and left a third injured in San Leandro happened at a makeshift hash oil lab at a homeless encampment, authorities said Wednesday.
The incident was reported at an encampment along railroad tracks near Hesperian Boulevard and Springlake Drive about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
A man and a woman were making hash oil in a tent when the explosion occurred, most likely because butane fumes accumulated inside the structure, said Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson.
The blast ignited the tent and the two were critically burned, said Aisha Knowles, spokeswoman for the Alameda County Fire Department.
lmao
SAN LEANDRO -- A butane explosion that critically wounded two people and left a third injured in San Leandro happened at a makeshift hash oil lab at a homeless encampment, authorities said Wednesday.
The incident was reported at an encampment along railroad tracks near Hesperian Boulevard and Springlake Drive about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
A man and a woman were making hash oil in a tent when the explosion occurred, most likely because butane fumes accumulated inside the structure, said Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson.
The blast ignited the tent and the two were critically burned, said Aisha Knowles, spokeswoman for the Alameda County Fire Department.
http://www.ktvn.com/story/25396411/home-explosion-on-moran-reno-police-say-caused-by-hash-oil
Reno Police say Sparks officers have found the second victim involved in Wednesday's home explosion on Moran Street near Wells Avenue. Police say the two suspects were making hash oil in the home which caused the explosion.
Police say the unidentified person was taken to Renown Regional Medical Center for treatment.
There's still no word yet on if the two suspects will face charges in yesterday's explosion which was the result of processing hash oil.
Authorities say there was no fire when they entered the home; firefighters say sheet rock had blown out into the attic space from the kitchen, and some curtains were burned.
Hash oil is a pure form of THC which is the ingredient found in marijuana. Police say processing hash oil is becoming a trend that's very dangerous.
Police say the second victim, a man, was also taken to the hospital for treatment due to third-degree burns on his chest, arms and hands. [see below for pictures of 2nd and 3rd degree burns]
Witnesses say two people were inside the home when the explosion happened.
Police say this is the first time authorities have been called to this specific home.
Animal Control was also called to the home. They took a dog into custody; it suffered minor injuries to its back and side, but say the animal will be okay.*
https://mail.google.com/mail/?pli=1#inbox/145b817489da5d32
Firefighters Investigate Explosion in Midtown
UpDate
RENO, NV - Reno firefighters and police are investigating an explosion at a house ... They say they found a large amount of butane inside of the home.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
2nd and 3rd degree burns, makes you think if its worth that chance.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
Reno Police say Sparks officers have found the second victim involved in Wednesday's home explosion on Moran Street near Wells Avenue. Police say the two suspects were making hash oil in the home which caused the explosion.
Police say the unidentified person was taken to Renown Regional Medical Center for treatment.
There's still no word yet on if the two suspects will face charges in yesterday's explosion which was the result of processing hash oil.
Authorities say there was no fire when they entered the home; firefighters say sheet rock had blown out into the attic space from the kitchen, and some curtains were burned.
Hash oil is a pure form of THC which is the ingredient found in marijuana. Police say processing hash oil is becoming a trend that's very dangerous.
Police say the second victim, a man, was also taken to the hospital for treatment due to third-degree burns on his chest, arms and hands. [see below for pictures of 2nd and 3rd degree burns]
Witnesses say two people were inside the home when the explosion happened.
Police say this is the first time authorities have been called to this specific home.
Animal Control was also called to the home. They took a dog into custody; it suffered minor injuries to its back and side, but say the animal will be okay.*
https://mail.google.com/mail/?pli=1#inbox/145b817489da5d32
Firefighters Investigate Explosion in Midtown
UpDate
RENO, NV - Reno firefighters and police are investigating an explosion at a house ... They say they found a large amount of butane inside of the home.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
2nd and 3rd degree burns, makes you think if its worth that chance.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
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http://www.thenownews.com/news/poco-explosion-leaves-man-with-serious-burns-1.1015277
PoCo explosion leaves man with serious burns
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This home in the 1100 block of Castle Crescent was the scene of an explosion that sent one man to hospital Tuesday evening. **Photograph By Jeremy Deutsch
Police and fire officials are investigating an explosion at a PoCo house that sent one man to hospital with serious injuries.
Fire crews were called to a home in the 1100 block of Castle Crescent just after 8 p.m. Tuesday.
When crews arrived they found a man in his early 20s suffering from severe injuries, including burns from the waist down and to his arms and hands.
He was quickly transported to hospital.
As of Wednesday, the man’s condition was unknown.
PoCo fire chief Nick Delmonico said investigators believe the explosion was the result of the man using a butane cooker on the third floor of the house.
He said it appears the gas migrated down into the basement, and was set off by a furnace.
“It was a fairly extensive explosion for what was going on there,” Delmonico told the Tri-Cities NOW.
“It did a lot of damage right from the basement on up.”
The explosion took out walls and a skylight.
The fire department was on scene Wednesday to determine whether the house is structurally sound.
It’s believed the young man lived in the house with his brother, while their parents are living out of the country.
The explosion, which didn’t cause a fire, is considered suspicious, but the fire chief was reluctant to say what the man was doing prior to the explosion.
“He shouldn’t be using a butane cooker inside the house,” Delmonico said, adding the man is lucky to be alive.
Coquitlam RCMP are saying little about the incident, other than that it remains under investigation.
- See more at: http://www.thenownews.com/news/poco...-serious-burns-1.1015277#sthash.izRTJwLO.dpuf
2nd and 3rd degree burn pictures below.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
PoCo explosion leaves man with serious burns
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This home in the 1100 block of Castle Crescent was the scene of an explosion that sent one man to hospital Tuesday evening. **Photograph By Jeremy Deutsch
Police and fire officials are investigating an explosion at a PoCo house that sent one man to hospital with serious injuries.
Fire crews were called to a home in the 1100 block of Castle Crescent just after 8 p.m. Tuesday.
When crews arrived they found a man in his early 20s suffering from severe injuries, including burns from the waist down and to his arms and hands.
He was quickly transported to hospital.
As of Wednesday, the man’s condition was unknown.
PoCo fire chief Nick Delmonico said investigators believe the explosion was the result of the man using a butane cooker on the third floor of the house.
He said it appears the gas migrated down into the basement, and was set off by a furnace.
“It was a fairly extensive explosion for what was going on there,” Delmonico told the Tri-Cities NOW.
“It did a lot of damage right from the basement on up.”
The explosion took out walls and a skylight.
The fire department was on scene Wednesday to determine whether the house is structurally sound.
It’s believed the young man lived in the house with his brother, while their parents are living out of the country.
The explosion, which didn’t cause a fire, is considered suspicious, but the fire chief was reluctant to say what the man was doing prior to the explosion.
“He shouldn’t be using a butane cooker inside the house,” Delmonico said, adding the man is lucky to be alive.
Coquitlam RCMP are saying little about the incident, other than that it remains under investigation.
- See more at: http://www.thenownews.com/news/poco...-serious-burns-1.1015277#sthash.izRTJwLO.dpuf
2nd and 3rd degree burn pictures below.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...explosion-carried-child-from-burning-townhome
Neighbor whose home was damaged by Littleton hash oil explosion carried child from burning townhome
LITTLETON - After hearing a hash oil explosion and seeing the resulting flames, a neighbor carried a child from the burning home, newly released documents reveal.
The explosion occurred Saturday evening at 6712 South Independence St. in Littleton, one of a group of eight connected townhomes. The neighbor who rescued the child lives in a townhome that shared a wall with 6712.
The neighbor told police that he ran out the back door after the explosion and saw flames. He banged on the door of his neighbor's home, which was opened by a woman.
Inside, he told police he saw the flames in the kitchen and the 4-year-old in the living room.
-- Investigation and arrest
Hash oil production with butane was previously cited as the cause of the explosion, but the new affidavit reveals that the suspect was the one who told officers about the cause. Corbin Neil Braithwaite, 34, is described as having singed hair on his arms and face when he told the Sergeant he was using "butane to cook some wax" that had ignited.
Braithwaite also allegedly "told one of the paramedics that he was cooking 'hash'" and later told another officer he had learned how to do this on the Internet.
Inside the townhome, the affidavit indicates that the fire investigator found several butane bottles and 1-pound propane bottles. *The fire investigator reported the explosion and fire was caused by "the rapid combustion of butane gas used in the production of hash oil."
The affidavit continues, "To purge the butane from the hash oil product a Pyrex bowl was placed on the right front burner of the stove and the mixture heated to speed the off gassing of the butane. The butane migrated to an ignition source resulting in the explosion/fire."
The woman, the rescued child and an infant were all uninjured in the explosion. Braithwaite was rushed to a Swedish Hospital for treatment.
Inside the neighbor's home, the affidavit says, a wall was cracked and a picture frame was blown off its hook by the concussion of the blast in the adjoining townhome.
Investigators also found that the inside of the home was stuffed with "piles of junk in boxes and bags" that covered the eating surface of the table and surfaces in the kitchen. The children's toys were also found scattered amongst debris on the dirty floor, the affidavit states.
Upstairs in a bedroom, the affidavit describes a blow torch on the floor, an open container of marijuana buds, a container of dried pot plants and a white plastic bag believed to contain methamphetamine.
The investigator "observed drug pipes in several locations and numerous drug items easily accessed by a mobile four year old."
In bold font, the affidavit also notes that the baby was asleep in the room directly above where the explosion and fire occurred.
Braithwaite's arrest charges include three varieties of arson, possession of 2.63 grams of methamphetamine and two counts of child abuse. He posted a $10,000 cash/surety bond, meaning he was not in court Thursday morning.
He is scheduled to next appear in court on May 12.
A social services worker was given a court order to take custody of the two children.
2nd and 3rd Degree burns after butane explosion, 3000 degrees.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
Neighbor whose home was damaged by Littleton hash oil explosion carried child from burning townhome
LITTLETON - After hearing a hash oil explosion and seeing the resulting flames, a neighbor carried a child from the burning home, newly released documents reveal.
The explosion occurred Saturday evening at 6712 South Independence St. in Littleton, one of a group of eight connected townhomes. The neighbor who rescued the child lives in a townhome that shared a wall with 6712.
The neighbor told police that he ran out the back door after the explosion and saw flames. He banged on the door of his neighbor's home, which was opened by a woman.
Inside, he told police he saw the flames in the kitchen and the 4-year-old in the living room.
-- Investigation and arrest
Hash oil production with butane was previously cited as the cause of the explosion, but the new affidavit reveals that the suspect was the one who told officers about the cause. Corbin Neil Braithwaite, 34, is described as having singed hair on his arms and face when he told the Sergeant he was using "butane to cook some wax" that had ignited.
Braithwaite also allegedly "told one of the paramedics that he was cooking 'hash'" and later told another officer he had learned how to do this on the Internet.
Inside the townhome, the affidavit indicates that the fire investigator found several butane bottles and 1-pound propane bottles. *The fire investigator reported the explosion and fire was caused by "the rapid combustion of butane gas used in the production of hash oil."
The affidavit continues, "To purge the butane from the hash oil product a Pyrex bowl was placed on the right front burner of the stove and the mixture heated to speed the off gassing of the butane. The butane migrated to an ignition source resulting in the explosion/fire."
The woman, the rescued child and an infant were all uninjured in the explosion. Braithwaite was rushed to a Swedish Hospital for treatment.
Inside the neighbor's home, the affidavit says, a wall was cracked and a picture frame was blown off its hook by the concussion of the blast in the adjoining townhome.
Investigators also found that the inside of the home was stuffed with "piles of junk in boxes and bags" that covered the eating surface of the table and surfaces in the kitchen. The children's toys were also found scattered amongst debris on the dirty floor, the affidavit states.
Upstairs in a bedroom, the affidavit describes a blow torch on the floor, an open container of marijuana buds, a container of dried pot plants and a white plastic bag believed to contain methamphetamine.
The investigator "observed drug pipes in several locations and numerous drug items easily accessed by a mobile four year old."
In bold font, the affidavit also notes that the baby was asleep in the room directly above where the explosion and fire occurred.
Braithwaite's arrest charges include three varieties of arson, possession of 2.63 grams of methamphetamine and two counts of child abuse. He posted a $10,000 cash/surety bond, meaning he was not in court Thursday morning.
He is scheduled to next appear in court on May 12.
A social services worker was given a court order to take custody of the two children.
2nd and 3rd Degree burns after butane explosion, 3000 degrees.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
^ He sounds like a respectable, contributing member of society, what with the methamphetamine and the 4 year old child left to burn alive in the flash fire, along with a sleeping infant in the room up above the fire. Yeah, model citizen.
I hope he gets raped with a plunger while he is in jail.
I hope he gets raped with a plunger while he is in jail.
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/2014...xplosions-marijuana-growers-hash-oil/8697861/
Explosive results as amateurs make super-strong pot
DENVER — A string of explosions caused by people trying to make super-strong marijuana products with butane gas has Colorado firefighters on edge.
"It's probably just a matter of time until someone gets killed," said Mark Watson, spokesman for the Denver Fire Department. "We go in and there's cases and cases of butane. It's highly explosive."
Officials say there have been 31 confirmed hash oil explosions in Colorado this year, with 17 more confirmed in other states. Denver alone has seen five confirmed hash oil explosions in 2014, with at least three more under investigation.
Elsewhere:
• In San Francisco, two people were critically burned last month in a homeless encampment when their hash oil rig exploded inside a tent, authorities said.
• Bellevue, Wash., police are seeking manslaughter charges against a man they say was making hash oil when he blew up an apartment building on Nov. 5, 2013, causing more than $1.5 million in damage and injuring the town's former mayor, who later died from complications due to her injuries.
• New Jersey fire officials in January 2013 issued a special warning to the state's firefighters, saying they were seeing a "marked increase" in the problem and reminding them to wear breathing apparatus when responding to calls involving hash oil extraction.
Hash oil or "wax" is made by running butane or another solvent through a container filled with dried marijuana clippings, left over after the flowers have been cut off for smoking. The solvent strips the THC, or psychoactive compound, out of the plants, leaving behind an oily liquid that can be further solidified by heating the mixture to evaporate the butane.
Because it's heavier than air, the butane sinks to ground level, where it can be ignited by a stove's pilot light or a refrigerator's compressor motor. People making hash oil also sometimes store it in their refrigerator, where the butane continues to evaporate.
The problem isn't contained just to urban areas. A cabin in the remote town of Leadville, Colo., deep in the Rocky Mountains, blew up April 28. Authorities there say hash oil stored in a refrigerator was probably to blame, with the explosion blasting out the cabin's windows, according to photos distributed by the Lake County Office of Emergency Management.
Explosions caused by hash oil processors aren't new. In February, federal officials warned local fire and police departments about the dangers posed by hash oil extraction, which they said was predominantly a West Coast trend.
"This is absolutely a big issue for us here in Colorado, but also across the rest of the country," said Kevin Wong, an intelligence analyst with the Rocky Mountain High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas task force.
Hash oil production is legal in Colorado, but many commercial manufacturers have switched to more expensive but safer carbon dioxide extraction. While marijuana plants can contain about 20% THC, hash oil can contain 60% to 80% THC, Wong said.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive." See below 2nd and 3rd degree burns that are usually the result of being in a butane explosion of 3000 degrees.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
Explosive results as amateurs make super-strong pot
DENVER — A string of explosions caused by people trying to make super-strong marijuana products with butane gas has Colorado firefighters on edge.
"It's probably just a matter of time until someone gets killed," said Mark Watson, spokesman for the Denver Fire Department. "We go in and there's cases and cases of butane. It's highly explosive."
Officials say there have been 31 confirmed hash oil explosions in Colorado this year, with 17 more confirmed in other states. Denver alone has seen five confirmed hash oil explosions in 2014, with at least three more under investigation.
Elsewhere:
• In San Francisco, two people were critically burned last month in a homeless encampment when their hash oil rig exploded inside a tent, authorities said.
• Bellevue, Wash., police are seeking manslaughter charges against a man they say was making hash oil when he blew up an apartment building on Nov. 5, 2013, causing more than $1.5 million in damage and injuring the town's former mayor, who later died from complications due to her injuries.
• New Jersey fire officials in January 2013 issued a special warning to the state's firefighters, saying they were seeing a "marked increase" in the problem and reminding them to wear breathing apparatus when responding to calls involving hash oil extraction.
Hash oil or "wax" is made by running butane or another solvent through a container filled with dried marijuana clippings, left over after the flowers have been cut off for smoking. The solvent strips the THC, or psychoactive compound, out of the plants, leaving behind an oily liquid that can be further solidified by heating the mixture to evaporate the butane.
Because it's heavier than air, the butane sinks to ground level, where it can be ignited by a stove's pilot light or a refrigerator's compressor motor. People making hash oil also sometimes store it in their refrigerator, where the butane continues to evaporate.
The problem isn't contained just to urban areas. A cabin in the remote town of Leadville, Colo., deep in the Rocky Mountains, blew up April 28. Authorities there say hash oil stored in a refrigerator was probably to blame, with the explosion blasting out the cabin's windows, according to photos distributed by the Lake County Office of Emergency Management.
Explosions caused by hash oil processors aren't new. In February, federal officials warned local fire and police departments about the dangers posed by hash oil extraction, which they said was predominantly a West Coast trend.
"This is absolutely a big issue for us here in Colorado, but also across the rest of the country," said Kevin Wong, an intelligence analyst with the Rocky Mountain High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas task force.
Hash oil production is legal in Colorado, but many commercial manufacturers have switched to more expensive but safer carbon dioxide extraction. While marijuana plants can contain about 20% THC, hash oil can contain 60% to 80% THC, Wong said.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive." See below 2nd and 3rd degree burns that are usually the result of being in a butane explosion of 3000 degrees.
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
I read this thread every once in awhile . I think back on my own background doing just plain wacky stuff as a kid . Had family with background in lab settings and grew up in the same. I was really lucky with that. I was sold one gram of oil back in 71 and was lucky to be close to DC and the library of congress so I could read up on it a bit. I was lucky that it was both real cheap and easy to audit classes back then. I am lucky in so many different ways it has been unreal. One does not get lucky over a lifetime without more than just luck. I think that it is called education or is it experience . I am not real sure.
I lost my wife to the flu this season. She was a public health doc who had the flu shot. She was the 271st person who passed away from the flu in California this season. That was where and when my luck ran out on me . It could have been a million other times and places .
Love my sweetie with all my heart.
The effect on me of reading about an apartment building with foundation damage or reading of people who are looking at second degree murder charges over simple extractions just stretches the imagination.
I think the phrase goes "by the grace of god".
Be all the right things at all the right times and then be real lucky too.
I lost my wife to the flu this season. She was a public health doc who had the flu shot. She was the 271st person who passed away from the flu in California this season. That was where and when my luck ran out on me . It could have been a million other times and places .
Love my sweetie with all my heart.
The effect on me of reading about an apartment building with foundation damage or reading of people who are looking at second degree murder charges over simple extractions just stretches the imagination.
I think the phrase goes "by the grace of god".
Be all the right things at all the right times and then be real lucky too.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Explos...used-by-hashish-oil-production-257990321.html
Investigators have not figured out yet what caused the explosion.
"We do know that the adult female that walked into the garage either had a lit cigarette or lit a cigarette which was the ignition source," said Sgt. Rademacher.
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- The 3 people injured in an explosion at an Avondale home on Sunday morning were attempting to produce hashish oil from marijuana, according to Sgt. Brandon Busse with the Avondale Police Dept.
The process called for the use of butane. While the suspects were using the butane, one of them entered the garage and either lit a cigarette or was smoking a cigarette which ultimately caused a flash fire and explosion.
The blast caused the garage door to detach from the residence and land on the sidewalk in front of the residence.
There were five other occupants inside of the home at the time of the explosion which included four children who were not injured.
Child Protective Services arrived on scene and took temporary custody of the children.
Police have not released the names of the suspects.
They are facing charges of arson of an occupied structure, possession of marijuana, and endangerment.*
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3 people injured in explosion at Avondale home
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Three people were injured in an explosion at a home in Avondale early Sunday morning.
It happened at about 1 a.m. in a neighborhood near Interstate 10 and Dysart Road.
The force of the blast blew the garage door off the home and into the driveway.
Emergency responders at the scene said the victims had severe burns to their faces and arms.
"I*do not know to what degree the burns were. I*do know they were serious enough to be transported to the Maricopa County Burn Unit for further treatment," said Sgt. Bill Rademacher with the Avondale Police Dept. "We do know that they were not life-threatening."
Investigators have not figured out yet what caused the explosion.
"We do know that the adult female that walked into the garage either had a lit cigarette or lit a cigarette which was the ignition source," said Sgt. Rademacher. "We've just not figured out what the flammable material was at this point."
The explosion did not lead to a major fire.
"It was more of what they call a flash fire. Once the flammable substance ignited and caused flame which caused the injuries to the victims there was no other source of that flammable material so there was no continuous fire,"*Sgt. Rademacher said.
There were no evacuations and no other homes were damaged. Police were still on scene at 7 a.m.
"The fire department was out here with us and they deemed the area safe. We also had hazmat teams come out and go through the garage and the house and just make sure there were no hazardous materials in there that would be hazardous to our officers as we conducted are investigation,"*explained Sgt. Rademacher.
An adult woman walked into the garage and either lit a cigarette or had one going, she broke the cardinal rule plus the one about NEVER using butane inside. Take a look below at what these people will look like now, follow the URL and look at the woman who has had her eye blown out and her face fried. If you or anyone you know is extracting like this, you should consider if the potential benifits are worth the jail time, financial ruin and major misery of 2nd and 3rd degree burns, think about it.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
Investigators have not figured out yet what caused the explosion.
"We do know that the adult female that walked into the garage either had a lit cigarette or lit a cigarette which was the ignition source," said Sgt. Rademacher.
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- The 3 people injured in an explosion at an Avondale home on Sunday morning were attempting to produce hashish oil from marijuana, according to Sgt. Brandon Busse with the Avondale Police Dept.
The process called for the use of butane. While the suspects were using the butane, one of them entered the garage and either lit a cigarette or was smoking a cigarette which ultimately caused a flash fire and explosion.
The blast caused the garage door to detach from the residence and land on the sidewalk in front of the residence.
There were five other occupants inside of the home at the time of the explosion which included four children who were not injured.
Child Protective Services arrived on scene and took temporary custody of the children.
Police have not released the names of the suspects.
They are facing charges of arson of an occupied structure, possession of marijuana, and endangerment.*
--
3 people injured in explosion at Avondale home
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Three people were injured in an explosion at a home in Avondale early Sunday morning.
It happened at about 1 a.m. in a neighborhood near Interstate 10 and Dysart Road.
The force of the blast blew the garage door off the home and into the driveway.
Emergency responders at the scene said the victims had severe burns to their faces and arms.
"I*do not know to what degree the burns were. I*do know they were serious enough to be transported to the Maricopa County Burn Unit for further treatment," said Sgt. Bill Rademacher with the Avondale Police Dept. "We do know that they were not life-threatening."
Investigators have not figured out yet what caused the explosion.
"We do know that the adult female that walked into the garage either had a lit cigarette or lit a cigarette which was the ignition source," said Sgt. Rademacher. "We've just not figured out what the flammable material was at this point."
The explosion did not lead to a major fire.
"It was more of what they call a flash fire. Once the flammable substance ignited and caused flame which caused the injuries to the victims there was no other source of that flammable material so there was no continuous fire,"*Sgt. Rademacher said.
There were no evacuations and no other homes were damaged. Police were still on scene at 7 a.m.
"The fire department was out here with us and they deemed the area safe. We also had hazmat teams come out and go through the garage and the house and just make sure there were no hazardous materials in there that would be hazardous to our officers as we conducted are investigation,"*explained Sgt. Rademacher.
An adult woman walked into the garage and either lit a cigarette or had one going, she broke the cardinal rule plus the one about NEVER using butane inside. Take a look below at what these people will look like now, follow the URL and look at the woman who has had her eye blown out and her face fried. If you or anyone you know is extracting like this, you should consider if the potential benifits are worth the jail time, financial ruin and major misery of 2nd and 3rd degree burns, think about it.
"It seems like a relatively recent trend of people who have figured out how to turn a benign plant into an explosive."
http://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+...7Aqa_2QXS04CoDQ&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1345&bih=841
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I'd say; Forget the property loss, and the jail time.......
Consider how much it's going to hurt when you get burned!!!!!
Not IF,,,,, WHEN
Consider how much it's going to hurt when you get burned!!!!!
Not IF,,,,, WHEN
Hash oil explosions rise with legalized marijuana
http://news.yahoo.com/video/explosions-hash-oil-skyrocket-colorado-052527682.html
http://news.yahoo.com/hash-oil-explosions-rise-legalized-marijuana-060527546.html
Wayne Winkler, who suffered burns to 12 percent of his body when butane fumes ignited while he was making hash oil at home, sits for a portrait at his home in Denver, May 1, 2014. Winkler agreed to talk to The Associated Press to send a message that making hash oil at home is highly dangerous. Since marijuana became legal on Jan. 1, the state has seen nearly three dozen explosions caused by people making pot concentrates at home, and authorities are grappling with what to do about it. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
http://news.yahoo.com/video/explosions-hash-oil-skyrocket-colorado-052527682.html
http://news.yahoo.com/hash-oil-explosions-rise-legalized-marijuana-060527546.html
Wayne Winkler, who suffered burns to 12 percent of his body when butane fumes ignited while he was making hash oil at home, sits for a portrait at his home in Denver, May 1, 2014. Winkler agreed to talk to The Associated Press to send a message that making hash oil at home is highly dangerous. Since marijuana became legal on Jan. 1, the state has seen nearly three dozen explosions caused by people making pot concentrates at home, and authorities are grappling with what to do about it. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
