COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man who tried to distill the active ingredient from marijuana using butane gas inadvertently caused an explosion that sent the door of his refrigerator through a wall in his home.
Police have not yet identified the man while checking whether any of the home’s four residents has a valid medical marijuana card. No one was injured.
The Mail Tribune reports that the explosion on Monday shattered a window, dislodged cupboard doors and scattered food around the kitchen.
Coos County Sheriff’s Sgt. Pat Downing says one of the home’s residents was trying to extract tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, from marijuana. The butane gas built up in the home, and when the freezer activated, a spark ignited the gas.