Marijuana growing equipment may have caused LA explosion
Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Equipment from a marijuana grow in a Los Angeles home’s garage may have caused an explosion that shattered the structures, trapping one man in the debris and sending another to the hospital with critical burn injuries, authorities said Monday. More than a dozen nearby homes were evacuated after the explosion Sunday night in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood and at least seven sustained damage from debris, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement. It’s unclear what materials caused the explosion but it may have been fertilizer, chemical stimulants or cleaning products, Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey told the LA Times. The Los Angeles Police Department was taking the lead in the investigation of what caused the blast, the statement said.
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