An illegal plan to extract concentrated cannabis from marijuana plants literally blew up the faces of three men who had to be hospitalized for treatment of burns on Thursday, Sept. 26.
A large chemical extraction lab had been set up inside a steel storage container at a residence in the 14100 block of Buttonwood Street in Phelan, the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department wrote in a news release.
...The suspects suffered first- and second-degree burns over most of their bodies.
Two were taken by helicopter to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.
At about the same time as the explosion was reported, firefighters received a report of a third burned person at a medical clinic in Phelan, the Victorville Daily Press reported. That person also was airlifted to Arrowhead.