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Man Arrested After Meth Lab Explosion Rocks East Tulsa Apartment

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Tulsa Fire's haz-mat truck in the apartment's parking lot. Tulsa Fire's haz-mat truck in the apartment's parking lot.
Tulsa Police crime scene tape outside the apartment Tulsa Police crime scene tape outside the apartment
Picture of Timothy Davis. [Tulsa County jail] Picture of Timothy Davis. [Tulsa County jail]
TULSA, Oklahoma -

Police have made an arrest in a meth lab explosion in east Tulsa.  It happened Sunday afternoon near 65th and Mingo.

Officers say the explosion was so powerful it actually blew furniture out of the apartment. The explosion also started a fire.

Officers say two men and a woman were inside the apartment at the time.

Witnesses told police they saw a man with burns get into a truck with a woman and leave the scene.  Police started checking hospitals and discovered a woman had dropped off a man with burns St. Francis.  Police say he suffered burns on at least 40% of his body, specifically on his face, hands and arms.  He was later transported to the Hillcrest Burn Center.

Police say the explosion occurred in the bathroom of the apartment and blew a couch in the living room out the window of the living room.  It also moved an exterior wall inches from its original location. The upstairs resident reported that his furniture lifted three to five inches from the ground.

Tulsa Police arrested Timothy Davis, 34, at the scene when he walked out of the apartment.

Davis was booked into the Tulsa County jail on a complaint of possession of a controlled and dangerous substance.  Police say he was wearing a white Tyvek brand protective suit. 

Police say the neighbors have every right to be upset.

"I would imagine they're worried about their safety just in terms of thinking it was so close to them. It is an apartment fire, we know those can be very dangerous," said Tulsa Police Sergeant Kathy Reynolds.

No other injuries were reported.

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