INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Operators of two suspected residential drug labs in Riverside County have survived extensive burns in a pair of explosions.

Investigators say an explosion in a clandestine drug lab set fire to a travel trailer parked at a Wildomar residence. One person survived and was getting hospital treatment for severe burns.

The trailer was destroyed in the late Monday blast.

The incident was preceded by a similar one Sunday in Menifee.

Another man was severely burned when a butane honey oil (BHO) lab blew up. A residence on Ridgemoore Road sustained extensive damage.

In both incidents, the victims were using volatile solvents including butane to produce honey oil, a form of concentrated cannabis.

Story Date: January 24, 2020