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[h=1]Brooklyn teens critically injured when pot experiment blows up in garage: cops[/h] [h=2]Anthony Gambale, 19, and Gabriella Katanov, 17, were rushed to hospital with second- and third-degree burns after one of them lit a cigarette while trying to evaporate butane off marijuana in a Marine Parkway garage, according to police.[/h]
Two Brooklyn teens trying to give their marijuana an extra kick by soaking it in butane blew themselves sky-high Tuesday when their brew exploded, cops said.
Anthony Gambale, 19, and girlfriend Gabriella Katanov, 17, were critically injured with second- and third-degree burns at 2:20 a.m. inside a Marine Parkway garage in Brooklyn, police said. The massive blast occurred when one of the couple lit a cigarette while trying to evaporate off the gas.
The explosion rocked the sleeping residential neighborhood and sent the garage up in flames. “We could see the flames and hear people yelling for help,” said next-door neighbor Pat Doyle.
Gambale and Gabriella were rushed to Staten Island University Hospital, where they remain in serious condition, said Luba Poukhova, Gabriella’s mother.
“Their lungs are good . . . but from the waist up, all burned. Her hands, too. She could be in the hospital for a year. She needs surgery. The doctors said it will get worse every day,” the devastated mother told the Daily News.
Poukhova said her daughter, a student at Rachel Carson High School, has known Gambale since childhood. The two began dating about seven months ago, she said. Gabriella went out about 8 p.m. Monday, promising to be home by 11 p.m.
She and Gambale were allegedly trying to make “earwax,” a turbo-charged type of hash doused with butane. The material — a gooey residue that looks like earwax — is up to 80% stronger than regular pot, according to authorities. Cops found a “large amount” of marijuana, including pot plants, plastic storage containers, plastic tabs, coffee filters, glass pans and butane. The couple had filled a blue 30-gallon tub with cannabis and covered it in butane, police said. Charges against the teens were pending.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...nt-blows-cops-article-1.1551214#ixzz2nwrtIx00
It's always a good idea not to smoke around flammable liquids...
Two Brooklyn teens trying to give their marijuana an extra kick by soaking it in butane blew themselves sky-high Tuesday when their brew exploded, cops said.
Anthony Gambale, 19, and girlfriend Gabriella Katanov, 17, were critically injured with second- and third-degree burns at 2:20 a.m. inside a Marine Parkway garage in Brooklyn, police said. The massive blast occurred when one of the couple lit a cigarette while trying to evaporate off the gas.
The explosion rocked the sleeping residential neighborhood and sent the garage up in flames. “We could see the flames and hear people yelling for help,” said next-door neighbor Pat Doyle.
Gambale and Gabriella were rushed to Staten Island University Hospital, where they remain in serious condition, said Luba Poukhova, Gabriella’s mother.
“Their lungs are good . . . but from the waist up, all burned. Her hands, too. She could be in the hospital for a year. She needs surgery. The doctors said it will get worse every day,” the devastated mother told the Daily News.
Poukhova said her daughter, a student at Rachel Carson High School, has known Gambale since childhood. The two began dating about seven months ago, she said. Gabriella went out about 8 p.m. Monday, promising to be home by 11 p.m.
She and Gambale were allegedly trying to make “earwax,” a turbo-charged type of hash doused with butane. The material — a gooey residue that looks like earwax — is up to 80% stronger than regular pot, according to authorities. Cops found a “large amount” of marijuana, including pot plants, plastic storage containers, plastic tabs, coffee filters, glass pans and butane. The couple had filled a blue 30-gallon tub with cannabis and covered it in butane, police said. Charges against the teens were pending.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...nt-blows-cops-article-1.1551214#ixzz2nwrtIx00
It's always a good idea not to smoke around flammable liquids...
