Woman burned in North Texas meth lab explosion

QUITMAN, TX

The Wood County Sheriff's Department says Russell Allen Love of Quitman was jailed Tuesday on charges of manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance. Online jail records did not list an attorney for Love, whose bond was set at $75,000.

Shanda Gail Simmons was left at a Quitman hospital Saturday night and told authorities that a meth lab explosion happened near her home.

Love was later located and gave permission for the search of a residence, where deputies found a drug lab in the kitchen.

Simmons was hospitalized in fair condition Tuesday at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.

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