[blastfrompast]

Friend had an amateur hour experience..

forgot the single burner was plugged in.....un plugged it..small flash and whoooom..

fire in the garage.... he was lucky it was just a single can.

Burned hand and no fucking eyebrows....

Amateur hour..

Upside he is now pressing Rosin..lol

[SkyHighLer]

Originally Posted by SkyHighLer

https://www.bendbulletin.com/home/61...-oil-explosion


Bend residents burned in hash oil explosion
KYLE SPURR, March 20, 2018 at 09:45PM

Two Bend residents were seriously burned and a 3-year-old avoided injury Monday evening after an explosion in their home due to the illegal manufacturing of butane honey or hash oil, according to Bend Police.

Bend Police responded at 5:31 p.m. to a report of a loud boom in the area of NE Weddell Road and NE Hidden Valley Drive. Officers determined an explosion happened at 3058 NE Weddell Road No. 2, where they found David Carl Paulsen, 32, Jennifer Rose Paulsen, 32, and a girl, 3, inside the home at the time of the explosion.

Both adults were seriously burned and transported to St. Charles Bend by the Bend Fire Department. The 3-year-old girl was not injured, but was later evaluated at St. Charles as a precaution.

The duplex structure has significant damage from the explosion. The blast was strong enough to lift the roof off the building and move the foundation by about 4 inches, according to police.

The neighboring duplex resident was evacuated until the entire structure could be made safe.

Officers searched the Paulsens’ duplex and found evidence that showed the explosion was likely due to butane being used to extract THC, for the manufacture of butane honey or hash oil.

The investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made.

Hash oil, also known as honey oil, is derived from marijuana. The hash or honey is concentrated THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Hash oil is manufactured by using highly flammable materials, such as butane, to refine and concentrate the THC, making a product which can contain up to 90 percent THC, according to police.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of marijuana butane hash oil lab explosions in Oregon in recent years, according to police.

The Bend Fire Department, the Oregon State Police arson and explosives unit, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, the Department of Human Services Child Welfare and the Red Cross are assisting with the investigation.

Update:

https://www.bendbulletin.com/localst...?referrer=home


Search warrant: Hash oil lab explosion likely caused by furnace
By Garrett Andrews
Published March 29, 2018 at 11:49AM / Updated March 29, 2018 at 08:32PM

The blast and flash fire that rocked a northeast Bend duplex unit March 18 were likely caused by a furnace kicking on and igniting butane that had gathered in the unit’s garage, according to a search warrant affidavit released Tuesday.

A husband and wife sustained serious burns in the explosion, which was associated with an alleged clandestine hash oil lab they were operating in their home.

The couple’s 3-year-old daughter avoided serious injury.

David Carl Paulsen, 32, and Jennifer Rose Paulsen, 32, have been charged with unlawful manufacture of a marijuana item and unlawful delivery of a marijuana item.

Bend Police recently released the request to search a gun safe seized in the investigation.

Just after 7 p.m. March 18, neighbors of the Paulsens reported hearing a loud explosion and seeing the Paulsens rushing around their driveway, according to the court documents. A neighbor who shares a driveway with the couple said Jennifer Paulsen asked if she could use the woman’s shower. The woman reported David Paulsen rinsed himself off outside her residence with her hose.

The witness told police David Paulsen next asked her to tell police that the couple’s 3-year-old daughter had been with her “the whole time.”

The woman said the child had in fact been outside when she first noticed her parents running around.

A different neighbor told police David Paulsen had run to stash a cardboard box and other items in his truck immediately after the explosion, the court documents state. An officer reported looking inside the truck and seeing that it contained butane cannisters. A search of the vehicle turned up other items believed to confirm the existence of a “butane honey oil” lab inside the home of David and Jennifer Paulsen.

Investigators allegedly found drug records, marijuana, butane, multiple firearms, a scale and a “marijuana packed extraction vessel,” the court documents state.

Police believe the Paulsens were extracting THC from marijuana plants using an “open blasting” method. This involves passing butane through marijuana to collect the THC. It’s said to release a large amount of butane into the atmosphere, according to the search warrant affidavit written by Bend Police Detective Nick Lee.

With butane being extremely flammable, it can ignite with as little as a spark from static electricity, Lee writes.

The only legal way to manufacture butane honey oil in Oregon is through the “closed loop” method, which is considered safer. These labs use a system of tubing, valves, tanks and recovery systems to keep the butane from entering the atmosphere. This method is considered safer, yet fires and explosions have occurred in Oregon in closed-loop systems, according to Bend Police.



Lack of ventilation and an ignition source. 20" box fans are available anywhere in the US for $20, place a few along the base of your partially opened garage door, and a couple more inside near the equipment blowing any vapors towards the door, $100 total.


Wall light switches don't have sealed contacts, as revealed in this video by a future electrical engineer,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfJkS_rpT-Y