The 25 Scariest Meth Lab Explosion Photos

Image via Complex Original

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, Ind. (2011)

Two were arrested after this early morning explosion.

[via Evansville Courier and Press]

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, Mich. (2005)

Dennis Letts was horribly burned in a meth lab explosion. He is now clean.

[via Michigan Live]

Allegan, Mich. (2005)

A second image of Letts.

[via Michigan Live]

Clarksville, Tenn. (2011)

A few inventive meth-heads used a car as a lab.

[via Business & Heritage Clarksville]

Clarksville, Tenn. (2011)

A second shot of the car as lab.

[via Business & Heritage Clarksville]

Clarksville, Tenn. (2011)

A third shot of the car as lab.

[via Business & Heritage Clarksville]

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]

San Mateo, Calif. (Date Unknown)

Another image from the case.

[via WCharlesPerry]

San Mateo, Calif. (Date Unknown)

A third image from the case.

[via WCharlesPerry]

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, Ind. (2010)

Police found the ingredients used to manufacture meth in the burned-out shell of this rented home.

[via Fox59]

Elizabethtown, Ind. (2010)

A second image of the Elizabethtown explosion.

[via Fox59]

Elizabethtown, Ind. (2010)

A third image of the Elizabethtown explosion.

[via Fox59]

Elizabethtown, Ind. (2010)

Meth ingredients recovered at the site of the Elizabethtown explosion.

[via Fox59]

Riverside County, Calif. (Date Unknown)

This image is part of Riverside County's Drug Endangered Children Program.

[via DEC Riverside]

Torrance, Calif. (2011)

A mobile home was the site of this explosion.

[via FMHOTD]

Torrance, Calif. (2011)

A closer look at the destroyed mobile home.

[via FMHOTD]

Sunny Hills, Fla. (2010)

A pregnant woman was responsible for this damage.

[via News Herald Panama City]

Seminole, Ala. (2009)

The injured party sustained burns so severe he had to be helicoptered from the scene.

[via Alabama Live]

Bayou La Barte, Ala. (2009)

This explosion was caught on tape. See the link below.

[via WKRG]

Lemay, Mo. (2009)

This house was practically leveled after a 5 a.m. explosion.

[via STL Today]

Lemay, Mo. (2009)

A different angle on the ravaged home.

[via STL Today]

Jacksonville, Ark., (2009)

A 9-year-old child was nearly killed in this blast.

[via The Arkansas Ledger]

Dudley, N.C. (2011)

Four people were manufacturing meth in a motel when things went horribly wrong.

[via WNCT]