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Thanks to a number of films, books, and one wildy popular television series, meth is on the public's mind in an unprecedented way. But few have taken a hard look at what meth looks like off a Hollywood lot.
This gallery collects real photos of actual exploded meth labs and the individuals injured in the blasts. These are the 25 scariest meth lab explosion photos.
Evansville 1
Evansville, Ind. (2011)
Two were arrested after this early morning explosion.
[via Evansville Courier and Press]
Evansville 2
Evansville, Ind. (2011)
This incident, unrelated to the other Evansville explosion, left one of the suspects practically naked after the chemical fire claimed his clothes.
[via Evansville Courier and Press]
Allegan 1
Allegan, Mich. (2005)
Dennis Letts was horribly burned in a meth lab explosion. He is now clean.
[via Michigan Live]
Clarksville 1
Clarksville, Tenn. (2011)
A few inventive meth-heads used a car as a lab.
[via Business & Heritage Clarksville]
Clarksville 2
Clarksville, Tenn. (2011)
A second shot of the car as lab.
[via Business & Heritage Clarksville]
Clarksville 3
Clarksville, Tenn. (2011)
A third shot of the car as lab.
[via Business & Heritage Clarksville]
San Mateo 1
San Mateo, Calif. (Date Unknown)
This is part of a court case handled by W. Charles Perry and Associates. Perry and Associates argued succesfully that, though the explosion was caused by meth use, the home was not being used as a lab at the time of the explosion.
[via WCharlesPerry]
Milton 1
Milton, Fla. (2004)
Even after having her face scarred, Heather Raybon couldn't stay away from meth production; these photos were taken because of an arrest years after the accident that left her looking this way.
[via Barstool Sports]
Elizabethtown 1
Elizabethtown, Ind. (2010)
Police found the ingredients used to manufacture meth in the burned-out shell of this rented home.
[via Fox59]
Elizabethtown Sudafed
Elizabethtown, Ind. (2010)
Meth ingredients recovered at the site of the Elizabethtown explosion.
[via Fox59]
Riverside 1
Riverside County, Calif. (Date Unknown)
This image is part of Riverside County's Drug Endangered Children Program.
[via DEC Riverside]
Torrance 1
Torrance, Calif. (2011)
A mobile home was the site of this explosion.
[via FMHOTD]
Torrance 2
Torrance, Calif. (2011)
A closer look at the destroyed mobile home.
[via FMHOTD]
Sunny Hills 1
Sunny Hills, Fla. (2010)
A pregnant woman was responsible for this damage.
[via News Herald Panama City]
Seminole 1
Seminole, Ala. (2009)
The injured party sustained burns so severe he had to be helicoptered from the scene.
[via Alabama Live]
Lemay 1
Lemay, Mo. (2009)
This house was practically leveled after a 5 a.m. explosion.
[via STL Today]
Lemay 2
Lemay, Mo. (2009)
A different angle on the ravaged home.
[via STL Today]
Jacksonville 1
Jacksonville, Ark., (2009)
A 9-year-old child was nearly killed in this blast.
[via The Arkansas Ledger]
Dudley 1
Dudley, N.C. (2011)
Four people were manufacturing meth in a motel when things went horribly wrong.
[via WNCT]
