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Drug lab explosion startles Koreatown

July 9, 2015
Police arrived shortly after an explosion at the 300 block of Ardmore Avenue in Koreatown, Los Angeles, Wednesday morning. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)

Police arrived shortly after an explosion at the 300 block of Ardmore Avenue in Koreatown, Los Angeles, Wednesday morning. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)

The 300 block of Ardmore Avenue in Los Angeles’ Koreatown was shaken Wednesday morning by a drug lab explosion inside an apartment.

Windows blew out around 8:50 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. No one was injured.

Firefighters and the narcotics unit arrived at the scene to investigate. Police said the incident was the result of a “narcotics operation mishap.”

A woman, suspected of having caused the incident, was taken into custody.

Her next-door neighbor, identified as Kim, said he heard a loud noise that morning and was startled to find broken windows. Other neighbors said two women, including the one taken by police, moved into the unit less than a month ago. They reported strange smells coming from the apartment.

Kim and others in the area were evacuated by police.