A man in Merced, Calif. was found with serious injuries not far from a blazing and heavily damaged structure that police and fire officials suspect was being used as a marijuana conversion lab.
The police report that the blast could be felt for blocks and sparked damage to an unidentified number of surrounding houses and property.
After the fire was out, the scene was turned over to the Department of Justice because of the toxic chemicals and contamination involved, notes the MPD post.
Earlier this month, there were two cannabis-related explosions in Oregon and California, both resulting in injuries.
In the Oregon incident, a 51-year-old woman suffered burns when, as she told police, she was using “an open-loop system to obtain the marijuana oil,” and an explosion occurred inside an enclosed trailer. She has been charged with unlawful manufacturing of marijuana extracts.
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