Crime & Safety

Cannabis Oil Explosion Injures One In South Bay

Police and paramedics were called around 7:30 p.m. to a house on Leider Drive near Green Bay Street.

SAN DIEGO, CA -- A person was seriously injured in an explosion during an apparent cannabis oil extraction operation at a South Bay home, an officer said Sunday.

Police and paramedics were called around 7:30 p.m. to a house on Leider Drive near Green Bay Street, in Egger Highlands, according to San Diego police Officer Sarah Foster.

One person was badly burned and had to be taken to a hospital, Foster said.

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No identifying information was available on the person.

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