Province of B.C. files to seize Langley home where drug lab caused deadly explosion – BC [Video]

The Langley, B.C., home where a deadly explosion happened earlier this year could be handed over to the province.

In a notice of civil claim it states the owners were convicted of another grow-op in 2004 and allege this property was partly or entirely paid for with illegal money, and if the property is returned to the owners they will have profited from their illegal activity.

The document states that the defendant, Hung Manh Tran and his wife, Thi Ngoan Lam, bought the house on 196 Street in June, 2023.

The house exploded, caught fire and collapsed in the quiet residential neighbourhood on Feb. 28.

Surveillance video from a residence across from the home at 7340 196 Street captured the thunderous blast which jolted the Willowbrook neighbourhood around 10:40 a.m.

Two people, Tran and another man with the same last name, were critically injured in the explosion and were airlifted to the hospital.

Lam died in the blast and her body was discovered in the …