[UPDATE 6:05 p.m.] Structure Fire With Explosion Across From School in McKinleyville; One Injured

A little after 2 p.m., an explosion occurred in the 1200 block of East Bates Road across from the Morris Elementary School, according to traffic over the scanner. A witness who prefers to be anonymous said he and his partner were nearby, “We heard a small explosion. We heard a lot of yelling.”

They walked around the corner and saw a fire coming from a shipping container in a front yard. “We saw smoke billowing out of the building,” he explained. “A guy appeared. He was kind of burned…He was obviously panicking.”

The witness said that the smoke “was pretty bad” and they were told by another person who had been walking his dog and was helping the injured man that “a meth lab caught on fire.” That is unconfirmed at this time, however.

We’ve requested more information from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department and will update as soon as possible.

UPDATE 6:05 p.m.: Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On 10/21/18 at approximately 2:04 pm, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the 1200 block of E. Bates Rd. in McKinleyville for the report of Butane hash oil (BHO) extraction lab explosion. Sheriff’s deputies arrived shortly after Cal Fire and observed an active (BHO) lab inside a shipping container. A male subject was transported to a local hospital with severe burns. His condition is unknown at this time. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit responded to conduct a search of the property.

This incident is under investigation.

Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707)445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.

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political moderate
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political moderate
5 years ago

Is this a pot or meth lab?

River Rat
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River Rat
5 years ago

Probably, if it is and its that close to a school, hang the suckers with an old rope. Don’t bring that s*** around kids ! I don’t like it around me also.

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  River Rat

“Turn and Burn” : A handy colloquialism used by fighter pilots escaping the kill zone, and by flaming dope cooks.

Dog
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Dog
5 years ago

Hash oil lab. Made from pot. No meth.

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Dog

No need to explain what dope is. I’ve been here 65 years. Us old guys call anything that gets you high dope, if it’s not alcohol. Arf!

tworedogs
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tworedogs
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

I would much rather be around somebody who is high from weed (may have the munchies and be lazy- but typically kind and caring) than what I have experienced from people who are high from drinking (angry, volatile, dangerous and abusive- but sometimes funny and fun too!!) OR meth/coke (paranoid, frantic, thieving, sketchy) any day!!

But thats just me!!

Minister Dave
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Minister Dave
5 years ago

Near school?
Big problems now
Sorry he got burned

The prison system has a clinic I presume

Bong Hits
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Bong Hits
5 years ago

Was it the Dookie Brothers?

LostCoastEMP
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LostCoastEMP
5 years ago
Reply to  Bong Hits

Next murder mountain victem for up coming season!

Life is Good
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Life is Good
5 years ago

Those look like greenhouses in the yard. Anyone else seeing that?

Buster
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Buster
5 years ago
Reply to  Life is Good

Definitely look like greenhouses to me…pretty standard fair in Mckinleyville these days.

political moderate
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political moderate
5 years ago

Update: told ya, a pot lab Bho.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago

It sounds like a Male Subject may have burnt off his Male Subject.

LuckyPunk
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5 years ago

BHOGART

Meths everywhere
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Meths everywhere
5 years ago

Good thing we’re spending all that money on pot busts, meth labs are everywhere because of it. And the good ole boys club, numerous law enforcement officers have had relatives caught cooking meth, look it up.

guest
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guest
5 years ago

If a person is going to be hung for having a relative doing wrong, then none of us will escape. And actually it was a Butane hash oil (BHO) extraction lab explosion.

Mc Garrett 5-0
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Mc Garrett 5-0
5 years ago

Meth labs everywhere? I looked it up, the last time one was busted in Humboldt it was in 2008. And as for your ‘law enforcement relatives’ comment, that was one incident.
Sarah Sanders will be losing here job as propaganda minister at the White House soon, you should really submit an application.

THC
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THC
5 years ago

Meth along with Heroin is not produced locally, it’s being shipped in from other countries and some from other states. very small amounts are produced in the United States.

Divide by Zero
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Divide by Zero
5 years ago
Reply to  THC

Primarily from Mexico. Another “open borders” gift.

Egram
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Egram
5 years ago

Why no cannabis tag kym?

CJ Engebretson
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CJ Engebretson
5 years ago

Hash labs are stupid…I can get a better hash by keefing it out and compression…no explosions,no butane tasting hash

LostCoastEMP
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LostCoastEMP
5 years ago
Reply to  CJ Engebretson

Um. It’s not that kind of hash. That’s old school! There making oil and wax for “dabs bro”! People want the heroin high nowadays .

ole hippy
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ole hippy
5 years ago
Reply to  CJ Engebretson

Old school. Kids these days cant get enough of the really horrible chemicals introduced by butane extraction. Ymmmmm, plastic.

S
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S
5 years ago

Baby make a boom-boom.

PSA
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PSA
5 years ago

Remember three things when your butane hash oil rig explodes:

1) STOP your ass
2) DROP your ass
3) ROLL your ass

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  PSA

I love how the stop, drop and roll pics are always smiling ear to ear, lol. He’s so happy to be engulfed in flames…

tworedogs
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tworedogs
5 years ago

Perfect example of why we need more PERMITTED locations so we know where they are and that they are in appropriate places. Until permits and appropriate locations are more readily available this will keep happening in inappropriate places in an unsafe manner. Not to mention being affordable (not so heavily taxed) to encourage people to purchase from permitted dispensaries and not unregulated/permitted sources.