TULSA, Okla. (AP) — One man is in critical condition and another seriously injured after a methamphetamine lab burst into flames in Tulsa.
Emergency officials received a call about 1 a.m. Thursday for a burn victim on the city's north side.
Tulsa Fire Capt. Michael Baker says when paramedics arrived, they found two men who had been burned and an attached garage on fire. Firefighters quickly doused the fire and discovered suspicious chemical containers inside the garage.
A bomb squad and hazardous materials team were called to the scene, and Baker says they determined the garage was used for making methamphetamine.
The two men were taken to Hillcrest Medical Center for their burns.
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CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania authorities have identified an Oklahoma man who died from an accident while riding an inner tube down a creek.
He is 70-year-old Leon Clymer of Oklahoma City.
Coroner Michael Norris says Clymer apparently became trapped by the force of the water flowing over a low-head dam in Tuesday night's accident on the Yellow Breeches Creek.
Clymer was with a group attending the Messianic-Jewish Alliance of America conference at Messiah College. The tubing excursion wasn't organized by the college or the conference.
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A cash reward is being offered to help solve the case of a Tulsa man stabbed to death last week.
Police discovered 44-year-old Mark Edward Grace dead from stab wounds about 2 a.m. on June 30 in a parking lot on the city's east side. It was the city's 18th homicide of the year.
Police say witnesses saw two black teens and possibly a black woman attacking Grace just before his death. The men were described as between 16 and 17 years old wearing polo shirts and long baggy shorts.
The suspects fled in a silver two-door Honda Civic with aftermarket brake lights and a fin across the trunk lid.
Authorities also are looking for anyone who gave a ride to a white woman from Club Fusion on the night of the killing.
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MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — A 79-year-old Midwest City man found unconscious in a burning home has died.
Midwest City fire spokesman Jerry Lojka (LOY'-ka) says the man died early Thursday at a Midwest City hospital. The victim's name has not yet been released.
Firefighters responding to a house fire Wednesday found the man unconscious in a back bedroom. Lojka says a blaze was burning in the living room and heavy smoke filled the home, likely the cause of the man's unconsciousness.
Investigators believe the fire was caused by a lamp positioned too close to drapes in the home.
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