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https://www.10news.com/news/explosion...9242013Posted:


09/25/2013 
Last Updated: 3 days ago
SAN DIEGO - Two people were hospitalized after an explosion at an apartment complex in Pacific Beach.
The incident was reported at about 6:48 p.m. Tuesday on Grand Avenue at Noyes Street.
According to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, there was not an active fire. The explosion was caused by butane used to cook some sort of drug, possibly hash oil.
Multiple units were damaged by the explosion. Three units in the building were evacuated.
The two victims were taken to local hospitals to be treated for third-degree burns.
Authorities found drugs at the unit where the explosion occurred. The San Diego Police Department's narcotics unit is conducting the investigation and exploring possible drug charges against the two.

Take a look at what 2nd and 3rd Degree burns look like, try to imagine what they feel like.

https://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+a...w=1345&bih=841

https://www.kmph.com/story/23550668/p...-honey-oil-lab

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KMPH) -
A search warrant was served at a house located Arizona Avenue near Tuolumne Avenue in Madera County. 

Agents seized 181 live marijuana plants, 18.6 pounds of processed marijuana, 93.7 grams of Butane Honey Oil, and 12 firearms at the residence.

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https://www.mercurynews.com/californi...explosion-fire

Police: Santa Cruz blast victims making hash oil


SANTA CRUZ, Calif.—Three men making hash oil were critically injured in an explosion and fire, Santa Cruz police said Monday.
Fire crews responded to the blast at an apartment building in the city around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The men—all Santa Cruz residents in their 20s—sustained life-threatening burns, police said.
They were taken to a San Francisco Bay Area trauma center, where they were in critical condition.
Efforts to extinguish the fire were hampered by additional explosions from butane canisters, police said. But crews were able to contain the blaze and minimize damage to surrounding structures.
Hash oil is a potent marijuana byproduct that is extracted with butane from parts of the plant that are often discarded.
Without proper ventilation, butane vapors can build up and be easily ignited by an open flame or static electricity. Explosions involving hash oil production are not uncommon.
The primary blast area in Sunday's explosion points to the water heater pilot light, police said.
Sophia Tolson, who lives next door to the men, said she ran outside to see what was happening after hearing a "huge boom."
"I heard the boom and guys came out screaming," she told the Santa Cruz Sentinel (https://bit.ly/15Eisi8). "I saw one had his eyebrows missing, his shirt was melting. He looked at me and said, 'Please call 911.' "


2nd and 3rd Degree burns below:

https://www.google.com/search?q=2nd+a...w=1345&bih=841

[myiqis55]

We were blasting outside, left the door open, butane crept back inside and toasted the living room when it found a candle. I don't blast anymore, its really dangerous

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https://www.montereyherald.com/localn...-oil-seriously

Police briefs: Seaside man making hash oil seriously burned, fire official says
The Monterey County Herald
POSTED: * 10/02/2013 08:48:13 PM PDT | UPDATED: * ABOUT 8 HOURS AGO



SEASIDE

Man seriously burned making hash oil
A man suffered serious burns to his face on Wednesday from a fire that broke out while he was cooking hash oil outside a Seaside home, a fire official said.
The man was airlifted to a San Francisco Bay Area hospital.
Hash oil is a marijuana by-product extracted from parts of the plant that are often discarded.
On Sunday, three men making hash oil in Santa Cruz were critically injured in an explosion and fire. Seaside fire Battalion Chief Chris Reitenour called Wednesday's incident "basically a repeat" of what happened in Santa Cruz.
The fire occurred in the 1000 block of Carson Street. Firefighters kept it from spreading to the house and extinguished it within 10 minutes.

Grey Wolf says that the fire ball from butane exceeds 3000F, thats enough to melt steel or fry eyeballs.

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I would like to emphasize and underscore that the above situation occurred while he was cooking his oil OUTSIDE his home.

Dummies really need to put down the butane, unless they are filling up their zippo.

[Sockmonkey]

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/san...uzsentinel.com

[vapeman24]

To be honest, I am not sure threads like these help a whole lot of people unfortunately. At the end of the day it comes down to common sense and being aware of your surroundings. If you made it at least 18 years without having those qualities, I am not sure how much hope there is for you. I think people assume that because it's the extraction of weed, and not something like essential oils or perfume or something similar, you don't need to take the precautions that any regulated industry would take to ensure safety.

Realize the dangers people!!!!

[Merman]

We've had four BHO blast injuries in our Emergency Room in the last month (harvest season).... There is nothing sadder than seeing a fellow human being with 40-60% second and third degree burns.

Faces are shredded, eyes swollen shut, mouth and nose blackened, shreds of skin literally falling onto the floor, .... the smell of burnt flesh and hair....next comes getting intubated (tube in the trachea), tube in the stomach, and a bladder catheter. Not to mention large bore IV's x 2-3. If you don't need an escharotomy (look THAT one up on Gurgle images), and we make sure you're not going to die of hypovolemic/septic shock, the 2-3 times daily debridement of burned tissue begins.

Despite the narcotics and other sedatives, the pain is obviously excruciating... this person's life will never be the same.....

From a 20-year Emergency Room Nurse to all IC... please don't extract with Butane indoors. Have fun, but be SAFE!

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https://www.kionrightnow.com/story/23...nta-cruz-house

Santa Çruz seems loaded with idiots who extract inside.



SANTA CRUZ, Calif- Emergency crews had an area of Walk Circle in Santa Cruz blocked Wednesday afternoon. According to the emergency dispatch, they were responding to a report of an explosion on the 100 block.
Neighbors told Central Coast News that they heard an explosion around 1:24 p.m. There was smoke in the house and the windows were broken. It appeared that the back-blast from the explosion actually worked to blow out the flames, said police.
According to a neighbor, the person inside the house left before emergency crews arrived. The neighbor said that it looked like the person was badly burned.
Emergency workers at Dominican Hospital contacted police to tell them that a burn victim was in the hospital. Officers learned that the burn victim started to drive himself to the hospital when he met his girlfriend and she drove him the rest of the way. The victim was later taken to a bay area burn center in critical conditon. Police have not relased his identity, but say that the 29-year-old did live in the house where the explosion occured.
Officers also found two dogs in the home that were badly injured in the explosion.
The explision originated from the bathroom, where both doors were completely blown off. The blast also blew out the front window of the home, said police.
Santa Cruz Police said that is does appear that this explosion was the result of someone trying to manufacture hash oil or "BHO". BHO is a process that uses chemicals to extract concentrated THC from marijuana plants. The process is extremely dangerous due to the use of highly combustible butane.

“A butane fire ball is over 3000 degrees, enough to melt steel”, Gray Wolf.

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https://norml.net/attached/YfrukOC7uY19330.html

October 2013 - It has come to our attention that many are purchasing butane-based lighter fluids to make backyard cannabis concentrates, and manufacturing indoors with volatile solvents, causing explosions and fires.
Qualified patients can use and make hashish legally under state law. However, the*Bergen decision (2008)*determined that using butane to make hash oil is not covered by the medical use statutes. California Health and Safety Code Section 11379.6(a) makes it unlawful to engage in the chemical extraction of a substance as part of the process of manufacturing a controlled substance. The charge carries a prison sentence of 3-7 years and a fine of up to $50,000.
Several explosions and fires have been reported due to BHO extractions done indoors with open-air blasting methods. Recently, a 2-year-old girl had to be helicoptered from Eureka to Sacramento for medical treatment after a butane explosion in her home caused severe burns on her body.