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Botched Pot Cook Blamed for Apartment Explosion: Investigators

An explosion wounded one person and displaced a dozen on Friday night at an apartment in West Hollywood

By Beverly White and Jason Kandel

| Friday, Jan 25, 2013 | Updated 10:45 PM PST

Investigators were probing the possibility that an explosion at a West Hollywood apartment complex that wounded one person and displaced 12 others was the result of a drug cook that went bad.

The explosion was reported at 6:50 p.m. at 1260 Havenhurst Drive, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Fountain Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
One person suffered first- and second-degree burns and was taken to a hospital.
Fire personnel remained at the scene assessing the damage to the structure as of 7:30 p.m.
Officials believe that the explosion started when someone inside an apartment was trying an extremely dangerous method of using a flammable accelerant to extract the hallucinogenic chemical tetrahydrocannabinols -- or THC -- contained in marijuana plants.
It's a popular method of altering marijuana that has resulted in several recent cases of explosions at homes.
Earlier this month, an explosion from a marijuana cook gone bad severely wounded three men and set a quiet Monrovia neighborhood on edge.
It was the second time in less than a week that police have responded to an explosion involving marijuana in the region.

Things like this draws attention to much needed medicinal medication, for those of us that need it. Butane is dangerous! Be careful folks.:rasta: pr

I've watched 100's of videos on BHO. Well ventilated areas, and no smoking! Inside an apartment should be a red flag and automatically a no go.

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Originally Posted by picklesrskankin

I've watched 100's of videos on BHO. Well ventilated areas, and no smoking! Inside an apartment should be a red flag and automatically a no go.

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Making BHO is relatively safe as long as you take proper precautions. NO FLAME AT ALL!!!!!! What i do is place a pyrex dish on top of a smaller pan filled with a little bit of water. I Heat the water to a rolling boil then turn the flame off(i do this outside on a gas burner, far far away from any butane or solvents.) Set up a fan to get good air movement and do your thing.....dropping the OIL/butane on the heated pyrex dish to speed up evaporation of the butane gas( the fan also helps with this). This eliminates explosive hazards, the pyrex is heated by steam.