Couple in Car Badly Burned While Manufacturing Cannabis Concentrate

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Firefighters examine car after it was fully engulfed. [Photo by Oliver Cory]

This is a press release from the Arcata Police Department. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:

On 11/01/16 at about 6:17 PM, officers responded to assist the Arcata Fire Protection District with the report of a vehicle fire in the 1300 block of F Street. Upon the officer’s arrival, they located a 1996 Chrysler coupe fully engulfed in flames. Two people suffering from burns were located on-scene. They were later identified as Emily Tice (22) of Arcata and Rolin Smith (27) of Akron, OH. Tice was found to be the registered owner of the vehicle. Tice and Smith were transported to the Mad River Hospital by ambulance for treatment of their injuries.

After the fire was extinguished, officers and fire department personnel were able to examine the vehicle in an attempt to locate the cause of the fire. Evidence was located in the vehicle that indicated the occupants of the vehicle were manufacturing concentrated cannabis. As part of the extraction process the subjects were using Butane in the confined space of the vehicle.

It was later learned that one of the vehicle occupants lit a cigarette within the vehicle, before the Butane gases had dissipated, which was the source of ignition for the fire.

The Arcata Police Department took a case for 11379.6(a) H&S: Manufacture of Controlled Substance and will be forwarding the case to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office requesting charges against both Tice and Smith.
Tice and Smith both received significant burns and were transferred to a San Francisco burn center for further treatment.

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OldSchool
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OldSchool
7 years ago

wow……this is truly amazing

Cill e cill
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Cill e cill
7 years ago

Fools.

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
7 years ago

Delete

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
7 years ago

The very definition of morons. Hope they’re ok.

Gazoo
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Gazoo
7 years ago

That’s some serious jonesing for a dab I’d say

Shaka
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Shaka
7 years ago

Almost won the Darwin awards

Nn
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Nn
7 years ago

Serious Darwin awardz!!!

Lost Croat Outburst
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Lost Croat Outburst
7 years ago
Reply to  Nn

Definitely “finalists” in the Darwin Awards.

psycho john
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psycho john
7 years ago

really ! ? !

Mike
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Mike
7 years ago

Wow, you can’t fix stupid. I can’t even feel sorry for these two idiots. That is actually beyond stupid.

Henchman Of Justice
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Henchman Of Justice
7 years ago
Reply to  Mike

True, and to think these two are capable of paying the hospital bills,emergency service bills, etc…oh wait, taxpayers, health policy premiums of others etc… will pay for this.

Sadly their parents are probably just as dumb….sit in an enclosed air space, fill it with butane vapors, and light a cigarette…..

Hilarious and ridiculousness simultaneously.

Anon Forrest
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7 years ago

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that there is a limit to genius.” A.Einstein
I feel sorry for them on so many counts. af

Shake Well
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Shake Well
7 years ago

Cigarette smoking is bad for you.

Monkeedabs
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Monkeedabs
7 years ago
Reply to  Shake Well

Winner

Guest
Guest
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7 years ago

That has to be the dumbest thing I’ve heard all week!

JT
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JT
7 years ago

Stupid is as Stupid does! Gawd…you almost have to feel sorry for them, sad.

Shwagger
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Shwagger
7 years ago

Dirka dirka

Taurus Balzhoff
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Taurus Balzhoff
7 years ago

A new low for our perception of the state of evolution, and the sum progress of human intelligence. Welcome to Humboldt!

JDS
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JDS
7 years ago

Natural selection loses the fight this time but I’m sure it will eventually prevail with these two

Tall Trees
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Tall Trees
7 years ago

Let’s hope they recover and grow brains.

3rd Degree Dabs Fam
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3rd Degree Dabs Fam
7 years ago

This is a good argument for forced sterilization. I’m all for forgiveness and people do grow up and learn, but if you are open blasting BHO in a closed car, there is zero hope you will get better. Trust me. I have ignorant relatives that are the same at 55 as they were at 18. This is pure ignorance. every step what they were doing is so bad. Open blast, now what? Smoke liquid BHO concentrate? What the frack was the plan? Sell it? So poison another ignorant mouth breather?

TC
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TC
7 years ago

What is a “mouth breather”?

Maester Amon
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Maester Amon
7 years ago

Sweet mother of mercy, I mean my god

Maester Amon
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Maester Amon
7 years ago
Reply to  Maester Amon

These idiots need to be interviewed . Pure gold

Covelo or busted
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Covelo or busted
7 years ago

Another ep!isode Breaking Bad missed. WHOTHEHELLWOULDATHUNKIT?…Deer God help these people to help themselves

Joe shmoe
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Joe shmoe
7 years ago

Damn seriously. First who open blasts anymore? Second go buy a set of bubble bags and start washing. I promise what you make from those bags will be better than anything open blasted and if you skilled you could do it in your car if you wanted to. Lol in all seriousness I hope there ok and I hope they learned there lesson about playing with explosive gasses.

Lost Croat Outburst
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Lost Croat Outburst
7 years ago

This could explain all those spontaneous human combustion stories.

Anon
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Anon
7 years ago

I knew these people, this has been blown out of proportion. They were living in their car, had a seriously faulty charging system and alternator, a can of butane to take dabs not make them. Did they find any actual equipment for making the bho? Sounds like a sensation article…

Lost Croat Outburst
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Lost Croat Outburst
7 years ago
Reply to  Anon

Blown out of proportion? They were blown out of the car! Their bodies were burned out of proportion! What are we supposed to think? You can’t smoke dabs with a regular lighter? If they wanted cars that blow up, why not get old Corvairs or Pintos? See, it’s a tad sensational when people blow themselves up, whether you know them or not. You don’t follow the media?

As always, when the news media covers such events, it serves as a warning to others and if even one more life is saved from death or massive burns, it is worth it. Hope this helps.