A hash oil lab was found inside the garage. (KTLA-TV) |
MOORPARK, Calif. (KTLA) -- An explosion and fire that ripped through an upscale Moorpark home Thursday, leaving two people injured, led to the discovery of a hash oil lab inside, officials said.
Fire crews were called to the home along Shady Point Drive and North Cedarpine Lane around 1:24 a.m. after reports of a garage fire.
It was first suspected that the garage may have been housing a methamphetamine lab. Fire officials later determined it was a hash oil lab equipped with propane tanks.
Propane is apparently used to get the highest level of THC out of the oil.
One man suffered "very severe" and potentially life-threatening burns in the explosion, Chief Jim Arledge of the Ventura County Fire Department told KTLA.
A pregnant woman and a child were sleeping inside the home when the fire broke out.
They were able to escape without injury.
"It was a threat to the entire neighborhood," Arledgel told KTLA.
"I've seen different kind of drug labs and they're all dangerous, but this is new for us. This is a new concept for us, this hash oil," he said.
So far no arrests have been made.
Fire crews were called to the home along Shady Point Drive and North Cedarpine Lane around 1:24 a.m. after reports of a garage fire.
It was first suspected that the garage may have been housing a methamphetamine lab. Fire officials later determined it was a hash oil lab equipped with propane tanks.
Propane is apparently used to get the highest level of THC out of the oil.
One man suffered "very severe" and potentially life-threatening burns in the explosion, Chief Jim Arledge of the Ventura County Fire Department told KTLA.
A pregnant woman and a child were sleeping inside the home when the fire broke out.
They were able to escape without injury.
"It was a threat to the entire neighborhood," Arledgel told KTLA.
"I've seen different kind of drug labs and they're all dangerous, but this is new for us. This is a new concept for us, this hash oil," he said.
So far no arrests have been made.
