LEADVILLE – Butane used to create hash oil caused an explosion that blew out windows in a Leadville home Monday afternoon.
The Lake County Office of Emergency Management says no one was inside the home on East 6th Street at the time. Authorities say butane left in an extraction tube leaked out and the refrigerator compressor or the gas oven may have been what ignited it. Butane is used to extract hash oil from marijuana.
This is one of several such incidents that have happened recently in Colorado. Authorities warn the hash oil extraction process puts neighboring homes at risk as well as the homes where extraction is taking place.
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