2 women arrested after Texas apartment meth lab explodes with child inside, police say
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Two women were arrested after a methamphetamine lab in a Texas apartment exploded while a child was in the home, causing several windows to be blown out during a blast residents described as a bomb going off.
Nancy Cruz-Rodriguez, 39, and Odalys Corrales, 18, were arrested and charged with manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance. Corrales was also charged with child endangerment after authorities found a child inside the Arlington apartment where the drug lab exploded, FOX4 reported.
Neighbors at the apartment complex near the AT&T Stadium told FOX4 they heard a bomb-like sound just after 11 p.m. Friday. The explosion was so powerful that it blew out windows from at least five nearby apartments.
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“I was in my apartment, we were watching a movie and the whole apartment just shook and I went outside to look and see what was wrong and I didn't see nothing outside or anything like that until I heard all the ambulance and police officers came,” Alfonzo Martinez recalled.
“I got my kids and we all went out. But the smoke was really bad so I told them to cover their face,” another resident said.
No one was injured in the explosion.
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Police seized 21 pounds of meth, an unspecified amount of cash and a car. Federal authorities may be conducting an investigation in the case.