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The weekend started for Visalia firefighters late Friday night when they responded to a house fire near Howard Avenue and Sowell Street. When firefighters arrived, the back of the home was on fire and smoke was filling the home. It took firefighters about 10 minutes to extinguish the flames and more than an hour to clean up and secure the home.
Battalion Chief Danny Wristen estimated the damage to the home at $80,000 and $20,000 in damage to the contents of the home.
Shortly after extinguishing the fire, though, firefighters determined the residents had been cooking hash oil from marijuana when vapors ignited and caused an explosion. The explosion caused the back half of the home to catch fire.
Visalia police aided the fire department in the investigation and arrested Marcos Amaro, 22, on suspicion of manufacturing hash oil.
He was booked at Main Jail in Visalia and is being held on $250,000 bail.
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/st.../weekend-crime-keeps-cops-fire-busy/18005143/
The weekend started for Visalia firefighters late Friday night when they responded to a house fire near Howard Avenue and Sowell Street. When firefighters arrived, the back of the home was on fire and smoke was filling the home. It took firefighters about 10 minutes to extinguish the flames and more than an hour to clean up and secure the home.
Battalion Chief Danny Wristen estimated the damage to the home at $80,000 and $20,000 in damage to the contents of the home.
Shortly after extinguishing the fire, though, firefighters determined the residents had been cooking hash oil from marijuana when vapors ignited and caused an explosion. The explosion caused the back half of the home to catch fire.
Visalia police aided the fire department in the investigation and arrested Marcos Amaro, 22, on suspicion of manufacturing hash oil.
He was booked at Main Jail in Visalia and is being held on $250,000 bail.
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/st.../weekend-crime-keeps-cops-fire-busy/18005143/
