Illegal drug lab explodes in Gosnells

ABC News Thursday 2nd June, 2011

A man is in hospital with burns to almost half of his body after a clandestine drug lab exploded in Perth's south eastern suburbs. Police say the explosion happened in the bathroom of the Kellerman Way home in Gosnells about half past one this afternoon. The force of the blast ripped off part of the roof. The injured man is in Royal Perth Hospital being treated for burns. Detective Senior Sergeant Glenn Swannell says surrounding homes have been evacuated. "There's some containers of ammonia gas inside, ammonia gas can be very harmful if it is inhaled, therefore for safety precautions we've evacuated some of the surrounding houses."

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