DECATUR TOWNSHIP -
A 22-year-old man suffered numerous burns when a mobile methamphetamine lab twice burst into flames in Van Buren County on Friday night.
According to Van Buren County Sheriff Dale Gribler, deputies responded to a report of a man who had been severely burned in a motor home in the 83000 block of Rogers Street in Van Buren County's Decatur Township at 10:16 p.m. Van Buren County Sheriff's Office deputies and detectives found Levi Newcomb, 22, of Lawton Porter Township with multiple burns to his face and upper torso.
Newcomb was flown by Air Care helicopter to Bronson Hospital where he remains hospitalized with numerous burns to his face, arms, check and back Saturday afternoon, but no condition report is available.
Deputies then called Michigan State Police Fire Marshal Scott Leroy to the scene and further investigation revealed a meth lab was present in the motor home at the time of the fire.
During the cleanup process one of the reaction vessels recovered from the scene burst into flames. Deputies extinguished the fire and a methamphetamine cleanup team was called to clean up the hazardous waste.
The incident remains under investigation by Van Buren County detectives.
The blaze's origin and cause have yet to be determined by Leroy.
The Decatur Fire Department, Decatur Quick Response, Van Buren Emergency Medical Ambulance Service, Decatur Police Department, West Michigan Air Care and the Michigan State Police Fire Marshal Division assisted at the scene.
According to Van Buren County Sheriff Dale Gribler, deputies responded to a report of a man who had been severely burned in a motor home in the 83000 block of Rogers Street in Van Buren County's Decatur Township at 10:16 p.m. Van Buren County Sheriff's Office deputies and detectives found Levi Newcomb, 22, of Lawton Porter Township with multiple burns to his face and upper torso.
Newcomb was flown by Air Care helicopter to Bronson Hospital where he remains hospitalized with numerous burns to his face, arms, check and back Saturday afternoon, but no condition report is available.
Deputies then called Michigan State Police Fire Marshal Scott Leroy to the scene and further investigation revealed a meth lab was present in the motor home at the time of the fire.
During the cleanup process one of the reaction vessels recovered from the scene burst into flames. Deputies extinguished the fire and a methamphetamine cleanup team was called to clean up the hazardous waste.
The incident remains under investigation by Van Buren County detectives.
The blaze's origin and cause have yet to be determined by Leroy.
The Decatur Fire Department, Decatur Quick Response, Van Buren Emergency Medical Ambulance Service, Decatur Police Department, West Michigan Air Care and the Michigan State Police Fire Marshal Division assisted at the scene.
