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Springville, Calif. — At approximately 5:00 a.m. on Friday, March 16, 2018, an explosion and fireball ripped through the ranch home of Shelley Lubben, leaving its residential structures leveled and engulfed in flames.
Lubben, 49, who has resided at the so-called “Lubben Ranch” at 45117 Balch Park Road near Highway 190 since 2015, was home at the time, but escaped without serious injury.
The blast came from the side of the 6-bedroom structure that had blacked-out windows. Two residents, a man and infant son, were airlifted to a local hospital for treatment of severe burn injuries. The man’s pregnant wife was listed as in “fair condition”.
The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office stated that due to “the suspicious nature of the fire”, detectives from the Marijuana Investigation Team were dispatched to the scene. Two butane canisters were discovered, and authorities now say the cause of the fire, still officially under investigation by the Tulare Area Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team (TAGNET), is a drug lab explosion.
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Shelley Lubben resided at the “Lubben Ranch” on Balch Park Road in Springville, Calif since the spring of 2015. It was her only residence.
I say “was” because on March 16, 2018 the residence on the property exploded and burned to the ground following what authorities have determined to have been a drug lab fire.
The Tulare County Sheriffs issued the following news release:
On 03/16/18 at approximately 0700 hours, Detectives from the Marijuana Investigation Team responded to a residential structure fire located on the 45000 block of Balch Park Road, Springville due to the suspicious nature of the fire.
During the investigation, is was determined the fire was caused by an illegal “Honey Oil” lab. The residence was completely destroyed by the fire. A 36-year-old male and a 1-year-old male infant suffered severe burns and were airlifted for medical treatment. Tulare County Fire Prevention Staff assisted with the investigation and evidence was collected at the scene.
The residence on the property — singular, as in ONE residence — was comprised of two structures that
These were not adjoining homes, they were unified as one residence.
