MI Man Burned in Apparent Meth Lab Explosion

A 52-year-old Gobles man suffered severe burns after he told a hospital staff he “blew himself up in a meth lab,” according to the Van Buren County (MI) Sheriff’s Department.

Video below courtesy of WOOD NBC 8.

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