UPDATE: Two injured when suspected meth lab explodes in Elkhart apartment

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An explosion and fire injured two people in an apartment at 130 N. 2nd Street in Elkhart on Thursday, October 16, 2008. The Indiana State Police were called in to handle what was believed to be a working meth lab at the scene. (WSBT photo)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Oct 16, 2008 at 7:36 AM EST

Story Updated: Oct 16, 2008 at 12:33 PM EST

ELKHART — An explosion and fire at a suspected meth lab in downtown Elkhart sent two people to the hospital with serious burns.

It happened just before 5 a.m. at 130 N. 2nd Street, according to the Elkhart Police Department.

Police and firefighters were initially called there following reports of a loud explosion. Once there, emergency crews evacuated the building.

Police then got a warrant and searched the apartment where the explosion took place. They found evidence of a meth lab, and called in a team from the Indiana State Police to take down the lab.

The explosion shattered and shook windows at a number of nearby homes, including the one Morel Yonkers lives in.

"My wife looked out the window and said, 'I can see flames and smoke,'" Yonkers explained. "At that time I was already on the phone with 911 [and] the dispatcher asked me how big of an apartment [or] house, what I heard, and I told her there was flames and smoke in the building."

The apartment's occupants — a man and a woman — were taken to the Fort Wayne burn center.

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