Three of the five drums are ruptured, releasing all of their contents to form a pool on the concrete floor. It's 65 degrees F in the building. A drug lab is found operating illegally in a basement in Pocatello, Idaho. The entry team discovers 20 1-gallon jars of ethyl ether stacked on a storage shelf. Unknown to the team, the shelves have been wired by the lab's operators.
Vapors quickly accumulate.
To ventilate the basement, the team sets up a blower in an open window. The blower moves air out of the basement at a rate of 2,000 cubic feet of air per hour.