Police say meth lab started fire in Kosciusko County

The Syracuse Fire Department and the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force are investigating a house fire from Sunday that allegedly resulted from the production of meth.

The Syracuse Fire Department responded to 11207 N. Humpty Dumpty Drive, Cromwell at approximately 2 p.m. for a possible house fire. Police say the three individuals inside the residence had been involved in a stage of methamphetamine production.

Kosciusko County Police say one of the subjects had light a cigarette and ignited the meth fumes causing the fire which destroyed a large portion of the residence.

One of the subjects, 29-year-old Scott Farmer, left the residence for the hospital to receive treatment for burns prior to the fire departments arrival. He has since been release from K.C.H. with unspecified injuries.

Police say the property is allegedly owned by Jimmy Myers, who was not present at the time of the fire.

Two other men, 24-year-old Joe Evans and 22-year-old Cody Ramseyer, were present at the time of the fire but were not believed to have any injuries.

The Kosciusko County Drug Task Force says information has been passed along to the county prosecutor for possible drug related charges.

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Posted by: M Location: V on Feb 11, 2008 at 09:19 AM
Following Edward's logic on the wheelchair incident...why are they even considering bringing charges against them? Isn't getting burned and losing a good portion of your trsiler punishment enough?

Posted by: kc9ixv Location: the late great u.s.a. on Jan 29, 2008 at 06:11 PM
the government really hates meth cause anyone can make it and they dont make as much money on it but the government makes alot of money importing cocaine heroin etc. what do you think cia means? cocaine import agency. i know people have been programmed to not see reality and reality is yes the government ships in most of the illegal drug's and i know its hard to digest this but it's obvious that they do. google cia plane and cocaine and begin to read the truth.yes cia planes have crashed in the past with tons of cocaine etc. why is the cia moving cocaine? there is so much money in dealing drugs that big brother wanted a piece of the pie.job security also the more drugs the more cops and this would justify the need for all the extra cops that we have. in the last ten years the amount of cops has more then doubled.we live in a police state like it or not. i have a bumper sticker and this is what it says"dont bother searching my car officer cause i dont buy your bosses drug's"

Posted by: Anon Location: SB on Jan 29, 2008 at 06:01 PM
Wow, this article has five comments, while the shooting in South Bend has 30???!!! I guess you don't want to talk about the white bread rural meth heads huh??? You want to focus on section 8 and welfare - I guess meth production is cool...wow -- there are some severe idiots in this area.

Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 29, 2008 at 11:32 AM
i agree with tim(: haha

Posted by: L Location: Syracuse on Jan 29, 2008 at 09:14 AM
I saw this fire, before the fire dept. arrived. I sat there and watched for 1/2 an hour. I think the county could save alot of money if we just put a police station out there (in enchanted hills addition). They spend so much time there anyway. It probably wouldnt stop the crime but it would make for better response time to the multiple calls they get each day. Im glad to hear that kids werent involved, at the very least.

Posted by: Winston Location: sb on Jan 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Ever notice that the tv presents everything in the exact opposite of how things are in real life? Small towns are havens for clean teens, innocents and down home values and cities are opium dens crawling with scary criminals (NY city is one of the safest places to live). Rich people neglect their children, pollute the environment, gossip and scheme, destroy each others lives and let their neighborhoods go... while poor people are good simple folk with plain spoken horse sense and wholesome lifestyles and character. Scientists are stuff shirts with freakish mental abilities, but somehow foolish next to much wiser, much handsomer cowboys who save the day from their intellectual nonsense. And commercials lie to us 24/7. If space aliens were watching us, they'd conclude that we evolved to be compulsive liars. They'd see it in our transmissions, constantly, non-stop.

Posted by: Tim on Jan 28, 2008 at 09:54 PM
Humpty Dumpty Drive? Seriously?

Posted by: Anonymous Location: Saguache on Jan 28, 2008 at 05:49 PM
Drugs will kill the USA.

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