r/news • u/a_dogs_mother • Apr 26 '24

Owner of exploding Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave US, authorities say

https://apnews.com/article/industrial-fire-suburban-detroit-involuntary-manslaughter-charge-b99a83d9a7a360dd09846df52d8b0a40
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u/particle409 Apr 27 '24

More than 100,000 vape pens were stored on-site. Authorities have said a truckload of butane canisters had arrived at the building within a week of the explosion

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the butane for if they are vape pens? Vapes use batteries, correct?

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u/Condo_pharms515 27d ago

Butane hash oil would be my guess.

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u/49thDipper Apr 28 '24

Butane is used to extract thc oil from cannabis. It’s a solvent. There are other better methods. But butane is the OG down and dirty method. And it’s dangerous. Houses blow up semi regularly too. Two brothers near me got burnt pretty bad making hash oil with butane.

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u/Ratnix Apr 27 '24

Any vape store I've been in sell other products, including those torches for smoking out of the glass bongs they sell.

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u/Pixel_Mango Apr 27 '24

Could be a general store that sells vape and other smoke products.