Torrance mobile home fire, explosion points to possible meth lab (KTLA-TV) |
TORRANCE, Calif. (KTLA) -- One person was injured after an explosive fire ripped through a mobile home in Torrance that may have housed a methamphetamine lab, according to fire officials.
The explosion was reported at around 7:45 a.m. Thursday at a mobile home in theTorrance Trailer Park, off Artesia Boulevard.
Fire crews suspected the blast may have been the result of a possible meth lab inside the trailer, however, officials said nothing was confirmed.
"Something blew up, we don't know what," a fire official told KTLA.
An injured man, approximately 52 years old, was outside of the trailer when crews arrived.
He was transported to local hospital with serious and potentially life-threatening burns to his upper body, officials said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The explosion was reported at around 7:45 a.m. Thursday at a mobile home in theTorrance Trailer Park, off Artesia Boulevard.
Fire crews suspected the blast may have been the result of a possible meth lab inside the trailer, however, officials said nothing was confirmed.
"Something blew up, we don't know what," a fire official told KTLA.
An injured man, approximately 52 years old, was outside of the trailer when crews arrived.
He was transported to local hospital with serious and potentially life-threatening burns to his upper body, officials said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
