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Honey Oil Lab Explosion Badly Burns Nevada Co Man

Posted: Jun. 23, 2017 2:41 PM PDT

Charges are pending against a Nevada County man, after a butane honey oil lab explosion and travel trailer fire that occurred early today. Sheriff’s Lieutenant Bill Smethers says officers and fire personnel responded to a number of calls from neighbors living on Smith Lane near Indian Springs Road…

click to listen to Lt. Smethers

Smethers says a search warrant was served later in the morning, where the trailer home had been leveled. Among other items found were 76 marijuana plants, 70 over the legal limit, marijuana shake, and three burned firearms. The man, whom Smethers says was about 35 years old, was flown to the UC Davis Med Center…

click to listen to Lt. Smethers

The exact condition of the man was not available.

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