Associated Press - March 7, 2010 11:34 AM ET

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Calcasieu Parish authorities are trying to determine if a methamphetamine lab is what caused an explosion that blew out walls of a Lake Charles motel room.

Billy Chapman, a spokesman with the parish narcotics team, said investigators found components used to make meth in the Days Inn room after Friday's explosion.

He said officials were interviewing a man they think ran from the scene with burns on his arms.

Chapman said the meth was being made under a bed. The walls of the room were blown out, and glass shards were spread in the parking lot near the room.

No other injuries were reported.

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